toby
noun
Also Toby jug a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
toby
1 American
[toh-bee]
/ ˈtoʊ bi /
noun
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tobies
plural
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Also Toby jug a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
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Older Slang. a long, slender, cheap cigar.
toby
British
/ ˈtəʊbɪ /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of toby
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
But afterwards young Sam had his reward; the library, a toby, long before he was old enough to smoke, and his grandfather reading aloud in a wonderful voice, deep, sonorous, flexible—Shakespeare, Massinger, Beaumont and Fletcher.
From The Awakening of Helena Richie by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
Then, once more, I changed off, so that I might acquire the subtler flavor of the Wheeling toby.
From Mark Twain's Speeches by Mark Twain
The toby is now a queer game; to rob on the highway is now a bad mode of acting.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
"The fact remains that some communities will be able to give more than others, leading to inequalities in hospice provision," says Toby Porter, chief executive officer of Hospice UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
In 2014, Anderson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 2024, Anderson he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame alongside Toby Keith and James Burton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"It's just the truth - fighting an uphill battle just to get the truth. At this point, it's a sweet picture but also bitter because Toby is not around."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Two years later, Oxford University philosophers William MacAskill and Toby Ord launched "Giving What We Can," encouraging people to donate at least 10 percent of their income to tackling global poverty.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The expression on Maya-Jade’s expression at the fair after Emma had protectively shoved Toby behind her and yelled at the boy to go away.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Her piercing tones, likened by the Tobies to those of a macaw, strove in vain for suavity.
From The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes
Tobies are broadly classed as Staffordshire, and while this is probably true of a large portion, Dutch and German tobies as well as French ones are not uncommon.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend
One of the rarest Tobies; English Toby, very old; very old Toby showing Cocked Hat LVII.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend
A Dialogue or rather a Parly between Prince Rupert’s Dogge whose name is Puddle, and Tobies Dog whose name is Pepper, &c.
From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Mason Jackson
Both the Tobies were away from home on a short visit, and Toni was obliged to proceed alone.
From The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes
There is a smoothness of texture and finish about the work which marks it as distinct from the English tobies, which unfortunately frequently lacked these desirable qualities.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend
English tobies are sometimes classified as young and old tobies.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend
Tobies are broadly classed as Staffordshire, and while this is probably true of a large portion, Dutch and German tobies as well as French ones are not uncommon.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend
Early as it was, crowds of American, English, and Continental tourists were abroad, their gleaming white drill attire and tobies and helmets, conspicuous among the grander colour of the natives.
From The Mark of the Beast by Sidney Watson
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