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tantoo

tantoo noun: a tan line planned in the style of a tattoo.

Noun

tantoo (plural tantoos)

  1. A tan line planned in the style of a tattoo.
    • Using Sun for Profit Recommended as a natural for beaches and carnivals are "sun tantoo" designs offered by Great-Circle Products,. Inc., New York. The tantoo designs are simply placed on the body and the sun does the rest.1944 July 15, The Billboard, volume 56, number 29, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., →ISSN, page 50
    • A TANTOO Fanbo REPELLENT CREAM SUMMER COMFORT REPELS INSECTS PREVENTS SUNBURN AIDS NATURAL TAN In large handy tube1947, Canadian Forestry Association, Forest and Outdoors, Canadian Forestry Association, page 194

Forms of tantoo

pluraltantoos

Origin of tantoo

Blend of tan + tattoo.

Questions about tantoo

What does tantoo mean?
Tantoo means a tan line planned in the style of a tattoo.
What part of speech is tantoo?
Tantoo is a noun.
What is the plural of tantoo?
The plural of tantoo is tantoos.

Words near tantoo in the dictionary

  1. tantonies
  2. Tantons
  3. tantony
  4. tantony pig
  5. tantony pigs
  6. tantoo
  7. tantoon
  8. tantoos
  9. tantos
  10. tantou
  11. tantous

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