tog

[ tog ]

/ tɒg /

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noun

a coat.

Usually togs. clothes.

verb (used with object), togged, tog·ging.

to dress (often followed by out or up).

Nearby words

Origin of tog

1775–85; apparently short for earlier cant togeman(s), togman cloak, coat, equivalent to toge (late Middle English < Latin toga toga) + -man(s) obsolete cant suffix < ?

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Examples from the Web for tog

We went to a football meeting,” explained Tom, as he shed his ordinary raiment and proceeded to “tog up.
The Winning Touchdown|Lester Chadwick
"Have to tog you out like me," said the old fisherman, as he led the youth toward his hut.
Larry Dexter's Great Search|Howard R. Garis
They came leaping, with Tog in the lead––and they came silently.
Billy Topsail & Company|Norman Duncan
Lets get a lot of Freshmen, tog up in masks, or with pillow cases over our heads, and leave the warning at his door.
Tom Fairfield's Schooldays|Allen Chapman

Tog was a dog with a bad name; and everybody knows that a dog with a bad name should be hanged forthwith.
Billy Topsail & Company|Norman Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for tog

tog

/ (tɒɡ) informal /

verb togs, togging or togged

(often foll by up or out) to dress oneself, esp in smart clothes

noun

See togs

Word Origin for tog

C18: probably short for obsolete cant togemans coat, from Latin toga toga + -mans, of uncertain origin

noun

a unit of thermal resistance used to measure the power of insulation of a fabric, garment, quilt, etc. The tog-value of an article is equal to ten times the temperature difference between its two faces, in degrees Celsius, when the flow of heat across it is equal to one watt per m²
(as modifier)tog-rating

Word Origin for tog

C20: arbitrary coinage from tog 1 (noun)

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Word Origin and History for tog

tog

1708, "any outer garment," shortened from togman "cloak, loose coat" (1560s), thieves' cant word, formed from French togue "cloak," from Latin toga (see toga). Middle English toge "toga" (14c.) was also a cant word for "coat."