hotsy-totsy

hotsy-totsy

slang Great or excellent. Please try not to worry—everything here is hotsy-totsy, I swear.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hotsy-totsy

(ˈhɑtsiˈtɑtsi)
mod. fine; great. I don’t feel so hotsy-totsy.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • pillow-biter
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • other than
  • other than (something)
  • (something) blows
  • a lulu
  • out of one's
  • (I've) got to go
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