[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tote \tote\, v. t. imp.  p. p. toted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   toting. said to be of african origin.
   to carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; to tote
   a gun on one's hip; -- a colloquial word originating in the
   southern states, and used there esp. by negroes, now common
   throughout the u. s.
   1913 webster +pjc
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