tutu
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tutu1 /ˈtuːtuː/
▶noun a female ballet dancer's costume consisting of a bodice and an attached skirt incorporating numerous layers of fabric, this being either short and stiff and projecting horizontally from the waist (the classical tutu) or long, soft, and bell-shaped (the romantic tutu).
– origin early 20th cent.: from Fr., child's alt. of cucu, informal dimin. of cul ‘buttocks’.
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tutu2 /ˈtuːtuː/
▶noun a New Zealand shrub which bears poisonous purplish-black berries. [Coriaria arborea.]
– origin C19: from Maori.
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