toby jug

British

noun

Also called: toby. a beer mug or jug typically in the form of a stout seated man wearing a three-cornered hat and smoking a pipe

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Etymology

Origin of toby jug

C19: from the familiar form of the Christian name Tobias

Example Sentences

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But he now seems an empty toby jug of an echoing vessel, his style cracking and his excuses failing.

From The Guardian

Then when he found the bank-notes and the Buddha and the toby jug with the unnumbered clippings belonging to them, he got almost as excited as I was.

From Project Gutenberg

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