He and his wife Tootsy currently have three children.

"That's a beauty of an alligator's tootsy.

Further thumbing through a dictionary reveals that hypocoristic means "adult use of baby-talk endearments" such as tootsy, babsy and - here we go - popsy.

"Wash-y Wash Wash (Warshy Little Tootsy)"

Mr. Crumb drew a four-panel comic called "Tootsy Frootsy Funnies Starring Stella's Kloze-Krazy Klowns," in which two clowns go on about themselves while one is sprayed with a seltzer bottle and the other is smacked by a fish - classic comic comeuppance.

Other characters in his universe include Elmo Tuttle, a pesky little neighborhood kid who wanders in and out of the Bumstead house, next-door neighbors Herb and Tootsy Woodley, Lou, the sarcastic cook in a local diner, and Mr. Dithers' domineering wife, Cora.

Well, results are in on a new way to toast your tootsies.

In addition, it was cold; her tight little tootsies were freezing.

Either way, you'll be ready to show off your tootsies long before Memorial Day.

"Somebody get me a wheelchair in case I froze my tootsies off too.

"If they want to freeze their tootsies off," he said, "be my guest."

"I didn't mean to get your tootsies in an uproar.

Sit down there now and toast your tootsies and let's get on with whatever it is you want from me.

You have and duties to attend to before you can even think about putting your tootsies up.

Treat your aching tootsies to a little ball therapy after a long run (or an endless day).

And romantic whimsy: "You make my tootsies tickle the stars!"

But as you get older, your tootsies develop their own unique growing pains and need you to show them some love.

"Watch your tootsies," he tells patrons of the Marriott as he moves about.

Some other tootsies tried their hand at making a strange face but were dragged off by their boy friends who chased them into the bar.

And then there's Robert's Western World, three door down from Tootsies.

Particularly the tootsies of the youthful center, Patrick Ewing.

Felt better on the tootsies, too.

Take a load off those lovely tootsies.

Now, he can let his next eldest son hop up and take a load off his tootsies."

In fact, it's not uncommon for ladies to line up after his shows and try to stick their tootsies in his face.

Tootsies is still a proving ground for singers: three of its regular artists made it onto "Nashville Star" this season.

Born to Splash Bath rug - Guaranteed to be soft on the tootsies.

Tea and tootsies for the ladies."

I drink flaming brandy; I walk on burning coals to keep my tootsies warm.

As for me . . . we're in agreement that you've got good reason to be keeping your tootsies off the pavement.

Harsh words are spoken and tootsies unshoed.

A toot or two and even you will go down before them.

Toot could never keep his mind on the same subject long enough to be really trying, in any case.

You'd think that a toot or two would do it, but no.

Old Toot never looked so alive as when he was playing dead.

He really hoped that the toot was getting these terms right.

I gave a little toot on the horn and she turned to look.

Is it a toot when Congress comes out for the flag?

A second toot means you are directly in its path.

A tear or two in time is all there's toot.

That was about three weeks in bed, having a toot to kill the pain.

Maybe she and this girl friend of hers took off on a toot.

Outside, a car pulled into the driveway with a toot.

We went into my office, and Toot dropped to his knees without having to be asked.

He sent a command through his toot, and a different screen came up.

When the screen finally came up, she sent the command through her toot.

The chief of staff stopped and thought then consulted her toot.

A moment later, the faint toot of a river boat was heard.

Boy, I always wake up hungry after a toot, though.

I heard Cheney give his horn a short toot, and then he took off.

Congress standing up and voting for the flag, is that a toot?

A third toot means hit the paddy field immediately if you want to live!

They didn't have the leisure to run all over the place, looking for toot.

Brutal stepped around the chair so that Toot could see him.

She lost her seat, however, and one toot was out of its stirrup.

She had never done anything but toot her own horn and order people around.

No one is there to toot his horn for him.

A horn tooted to the right, and I saw the black people run.

Toot usually took about half an hour to round up whatever it was I wanted to know.

"Call me back when you've got a reaction, and I'll toot out with an offer form all ready to go."

Toot springs to his feet and steps from the cell.

The man behind him began tooting his horn almost instantly.

Toot usually goes on a trip to a foreign country, and sometimes Puddle comes along.

He tooted his horn as a signal that all was well.

Not to toot my own horn, but now I tend to get a crowd.

In other words London is everywhere tooting its own horn again.

You want to toot in here and tell him to come ashore?"

"They are definitely not tooting their own horn on this one," she said.

The horn toots just to reassure you that the security system also has been set.

"I'm not one of those people to toot my horn well," he says.

But never did anyone toot a note on it.

A couple of times Corbett tooted the horn at them.

At least three cars with men in them passed by her slowly, tooting their horns.

Someone, he remembered with a smile, even tooted the horn.

He stopped at a stand to buy horns for her and Douglas to toot.

I knew how people could toot their own horn without any earthly cause.

Three times, Lee stopped her truck and tooted the horn.

Mary seldom lost a chance of tooting her own horn.

The tour boats began to toot their horns as they passed.

It is essential in these cases to toot before overtaking.