toting

[ toh-ting ]

noun

, Southern U.S.

1. the practice of taking home food from an employer by a person engaged in domestic service.
2. the food so taken.

Word History and Origins

Origin of toting¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; tote ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

They’ll hit classrooms toting traumas, worries and gaps in their learning.

From Science News For Students

If you plan to bring your lunch to work, it’s a good idea to make sure the lunch box has a long shoulder strap for easy toting.

From Popular-Science

This fall, many kids are heading to their new classrooms toting traumas, worries and gaps in their learning.

From Science News

In the mornings, I often briefly go out to the fenced back garden to perform tasks such as feeding the birds or toting recyclables to the bin.

From Washington Post

More than 100 residents, wearing masks and bundled against the bitter cold, held a protest outside city hall, some toting signs reading No QAnon coup.

From Time

Before Matthew VanDyke was a gun-toting rebel in Libya, he was just a 29-year-old with OCD, afraid of sugar.

From The Daily Beast

Hell hath no fury like a smartphone-toting, partially informed One Directioner.

From The Daily Beast

WHO: Vuitton-toting socialites, jumpsuit-adorned maintenance workers and shorts-wearing tatted musicians circle the block.

From The Daily Beast

And the number of such breaches is climbing as fast as the number of people toting laptops.

From The Daily Beast

What possible change can any one citizen instigate against that barrage of anti-intellectual, gun-toting paranoia?

From The Daily Beast

The young chap was mighty thankful; said it was tough work toting his baggage such weather.

From Project Gutenberg

Boff ob yu is jist got tu git outen de grate house und stop toting wittles tu de po white trash.

From Project Gutenberg

And when the other got tired of toting me and wanted to kill me, then it was that this one ran up and took me away from him.

From Project Gutenberg

He didn't do nothing to me but look ugly at me, when this one would be toting me on his back across the creeks and up the hills.

From Project Gutenberg

"It ain't always convenient toting a young girl round with you," said Mrs. Talcott.

From Project Gutenberg