Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drinking mug, usually in the shape of a stout man wearing a large three-cornered hat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of cheap cigar.
- noun A small jug usually representing in its form a stout old man with a three-cornered hat, the angles of which form spouts for pouring out the liquor contained in the vessel: it is frequently used as a mug.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shaped somewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
drinking mug , in the shape of a human head with a hat atop. - noun UK (
New Zealand ) Thevalve that mediates the connection between amains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"'Toby [The highway] or not toby, that is the question.'
Paul Clifford — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"'Toby [The highway] or not toby, that is the question.'
Paul Clifford — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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He calls the terrorist pals, joe, ed, and toby, and tells them when to go board the plane.
TSA doesn't understand what "random" means - Boing Boing 2009
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Write to Toby Anderson at toby.anderson @dowjones.com
Europe Stocks Slide Toby Anderson 2011
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Bob, Teabaggers Are Terrorists, wurst says: yeah PD, when toby fricken keith wants to put his boot up yer ass, you have problems with the teabaggers.
Think Progress » Republicans try to claim that March’s job growth was ‘mostly’ from the Census. 2010
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Hence joe, ed and toby get ignored becasue the TSA doesnt have enough screeners to check male passengers.
TSA doesn't understand what "random" means - Boing Boing 2009
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What they do question is your facile Sunday school narrative. toby Says:
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I think most folks ascribe this narrative to foreign policy tendencies, but I think it gets reinforced by obstructionism. toby says:
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Okay, finally time to knock off work, go home, and relax ... toby says:
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So the politics don't get in the way of justice and law enforcement. toby hill
ruzuzu commented on the word toby
Does anyone know how long the definition of toby as a drinking mug has been around? It makes me wonder about Twelfth Night's Sir Toby Belch.
November 30, 2010
yarb commented on the word toby
I made the same comparison in a high-school essay and have ocasionally pondered it since, but your guess is as good as mine.
From wikipedia: "Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is the most high-profile collector of toby jugs, with his collection said to be the largest in North America."
November 30, 2010
yarb commented on the word toby
Toby or not toby...
November 30, 2010