toby
[ toh-bee ]
/ ˈtoʊ bi /
noun, plural to·bies.
Also Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
Older Slang. a long, slender, cheap cigar.
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Origin of toby
First recorded in 1830–40; generic use of proper name, short for Tobias
Toby
[ toh-bee ]
/ ˈtoʊ bi /
noun, plural To·bies for 3.
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toby
/ (ˈtəʊbɪ) /
noun plural -bies
a water stopcock at the boundary of a street and house section
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Toby
familiar form of masc. proper name Tobias, in various colloquial usages, e.g. "jug" (1840), "drinking mug in the form of a stout old man;" as a type of collar (1882) it refers to that worn by the dog Toby in the 19c. Punch and Judy shows. Also in Toby show (by 1942, American English) "comedy act based on the stock character of a boisterous, blundering yokel."
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