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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Since many high school-age players can’t drive, a parent has to accept the responsibility of toting them back and forth to team activities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
So if you’re toting around two kids and want a fun-filled day that costs less than $200, but you hate walking around museums, then say exactly that.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
He was Sylvester Stallone in the 1986 action movie “Cobra,” toting a machine gun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
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
I don’t miss toting water from the well in a bucket for Mama to cook or clean with, or washing up from a basin in the corner of the room.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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