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the tooter the sweeter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
the -tooter the sweet-er
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

the sooner the better (it is better if something happens or is done soon)

Etymology

From toot sweet, a phonetic rendering of French tout de suite (“immediately”) into English-looking words, then jokingly treated as two English adverbs that can be used in comparative forms.

Questions

What does the tooter the sweeter mean?
the sooner the better (it is better if something happens or is done soon)
Where does the tooter the sweeter come from?
From toot sweet, a phonetic rendering of French tout de suite (“immediately”) into English-looking words, then jokingly treated as two English adverbs that can be used in comparative forms.

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