tog

[tog]

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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).

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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Related Words for togs

gown, habit, garment, garb, costume, skirt, clothing, uniform, suit, robe, gear, attire, outfit, threads, raiment, drape, frock, covering, shift, apparel

Examples from the Web for togs

Historical Examples of togs

You see, I'm not much class over here, even in Morris's togs.
The Avenger
E. Phillips Oppenheim
If Kent has his evening togs and you have the black silk you'll pass muster.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug
Joseph C. Lincoln
He was accompanied by three boys in togs, one of them Captain Miller.
Left End Edwards
Ralph Henry Barbour
Go in; change your togs; you'll find something in that bag that'll fit you.
Trent's Trust and Other Stories
Bret Harte
Be at the gym at three with your togs, Gilbert, and do your best for us from now on.
Left Guard Gilbert
Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for togs

togs

pl n informal

clothes

Australian, NZ and Irish a swimming costume

Word Origin for togs

from tog 1

tog

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

tog

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 togs

"clothes," 1779, plural of tog (q.v.).

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."