toting
Americannoun
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the practice of taking home food from an employer by a person engaged in domestic service.
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the food so taken.
Etymology
Origin of toting
Example Sentences
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They get all kinds, from well-to-do couples toting their toy pooches in the same designer bag as their medications, to criminally neglected unhoused people.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
“It seemed pretty heavy, even without clothes in it. Still, if you’re getting picked up by a car service, toting it isn’t as much of an issue.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Her youngest son, 4-year-old Khian-khian, is too small to carry much, but insists on toting his best friend, a stuffed toy duck, Yaya.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025
Late Thursday afternoon, Elon Musk appeared at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in sunglasses and toting a shiny chainsaw, being weird.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2025
On July 24, the athletes shuffled from the ship to a train, stopped over in Frankfurt for a welcoming dinner, and reboarded the train toting quite a few of their hosts’ priceless wine glasses.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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