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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tot n.³

also tott

[dimin. tottie n.² (2)]

a young woman.

c.1880		F.McGlennon [perf. Kate Harvey] ‘You Fancy Yourselves, Do You!’ He winks at the tots and he rattles his cash; / But his wife comes along, she soon settles his hash.
1927		W. Winchell Your Broadway & Mine 26 Mar. [synd. col.] The revue tots [...] who reveal their undraped torsos.
1931		(con. 1918) E.W. Springs Rise and Fall of Carol Banks 300: I was dancing with a very pretty little tot.
1998		Indep. Sport 4 Dec. 16: And what happens every time they is out with a bit of telly tot?
1999		K. Sampson Powder 20: Wait till you see the tott, anyway.
2000		Observer Mag. 28 May 59: Leggy tots admiring the cut of their driver’s credit card.

In compounds

tot hunting (n.)

the pursuit of wandering the streets in search of pretty women.

1909

J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era.