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Don’t be shy about shape or size — shoestring, steak-cut, crinkle, waffle, sweet potato — I’ll even give a pass to tater tots for the sake of this exercise.

Inside, staff are totting up how many players the club has.

He’ll apparently risk dozens of full-grown proteges for one unproven tot.

He argued that unreasonable chastisement, such as beating a child, was already illegal, and voiced concerns the proposal could mean "a mum tapping a tot on the back of the hand" faces criminal prosecution.

TV tots in that time were generally being prepped for adulthood; their misadventures led generally, and gently, to lessons learned.