toby jug

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of toby jug¹

C19: from the familiar form of the Christian name Tobias

Example Sentences

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