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toby
UK /ˈtəʊbi/ US /ˈtoʊbi/
noun 6name 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
same
VERB + TOBY
head, name, said, sing, travel, voice
TOBY + NOUN
bell, godfather
PREP.
in, on, on, out, up
Definitions
noun
1
A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
2
The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
3
The road or highway.
1931, Eric Blair (the real name of George Orwell), "Hop-picking" in The New Statesman of 17th October 1931. It is no wonder that itinerant agricultural workers travel on the toby and sleep in casual wards between jobs.
4
A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.
5
The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
name
1
A male given name from Hebrew.
By my troth, Sir Toby, you must come in earlier o' nights: your cousin, my lady, takes great exceptions to your ill hours.
And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.
2
A female given name from Hebrew.
3
A surname originating as a patronymic.
4
in the traditional Punch and Judy show the showman's (live) dog trained to take part in the puppet show and to carry a bag around the audience soliciting donations.
noun
1
The superintendent of a street market.
The Boy shakes his head and the Toby comes on to the market wielding a claw hammer.
But every market was reputed to be run the same way. The Toby was the godfather.
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1931, Eric Blair (the real name of George Orwell), "Hop-picking" in The New Statesman of 17th October 1931. It is no wonder that itinerant agricultural workers travel on the toby and sleep in casual w
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By my troth, Sir Toby, you must come in earlier o' nights: your cousin, my lady, takes great exceptions to your ill hours.
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And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.
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His name was Toby Bell and he was entirely alone in his criminal contemplations. [ - - - ] As to the Toby, which might by the sound of it set him higher on the English social ladder than his provenanc
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The Boy shakes his head and the Toby comes on to the market wielding a claw hammer.
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But every market was reputed to be run the same way. The Toby was the godfather.
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