The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.
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A short skirt, often consisting of many layers of gathered sheer fabric, worn by ballerinas.
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Noun
Singular:
tutu
Plural:
tutus
Origin of tutu
French perhaps alteration ofcucubaby-talk reduplication ofculbuttocksculotte
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Borrowing from Frenchtutu, an alteration of cucu, which is itself a reduplicated form of cul (“butt, bum, arse").
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Tutu Sentence Examples
On the refusal of the Fanti to deliver up the fugitives, Osai Tutu invaded their country, defeated them and drove them towards the sea.
On the very day of this defeat Osai Tutu Quamina died and was succeeded by Osai Okoto.
In 1800, Osai Tutu Quamina, an enterprising and ambitious man, who appears early to have formed the desire of opening a communication with white nations, became king.
Of poisonous plants only the berries of the tutu and the karaka are worth notice.
Osai Tutu Early relations may be considered as the real founder of the Ashanti with the power.