Also Toby jug a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
Older Slang. a long, slender, cheap cigar.
First recorded in 1830–40; generic use of proper name, short for Tobias
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The single collection also included a glass bust, a Coalport vase featuring Churchill's ancestral home of Blenheim Palace and Royal Doulton toby jugs.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2022
Photograph: toby farrow @ farrows creative Who are they?
From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2011
A supposed example of the last named is included in the Page collection at Lynn, and is known as the Napoleon toby.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.
I think you call it the high toby," said Harry delicately and began to sing to the tune of a catch: "Oh, three merry men, three merry men, three highwaymen were we.
From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)
The coloring of the old toby is principally yellow, while the young toby is a combination of brown and yellow.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.
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