toolie
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of toolie
C21: from tool (sense 7) + schoolie
Example Sentences
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Drummer Carey, along with being the most important guy in the band sonically, was the only Toolie willing to indulge the fans with rock star cliches.
From Washington Post
Federal prosecutor Bryan Schroder says 60-year-old Sylvia Toolie was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in federal prison and ordered to repay $69,563 to the tribe.
From Seattle Times
Toolie and Akeya held positions with Kawerak Inc., a regional nonprofit that provides services to tribes.
From Seattle Times
St. Lawrence Island residents like Eugene Toolie, 77, who was hired as a young man in the 1970s during the base’s decommissioning, are now speaking out about what they saw.
From New York Times
“They took all those barrels and just buried them,” Mr. Toolie said on a recent afternoon, gesturing up toward the mountain where the radar panels once stood.
From New York Times
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