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toby

1

[ toh-bee ]

noun

plural tobies.
  1. Also Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
  2. Older Slang. a long, slender, cheap cigar.


Toby

2

[ toh-bee ]

noun

plural Tobies
  1. a male given name, form of Tobias.
  2. a female given name.

toby

/ ˈ³Ùəʊ²úɪ /

noun

  1. a water stopcock at the boundary of a street and house section
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toby1

First recorded in 1830–40; generic use of proper name, short for Tobias
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The single collection also included a glass bust, a Coalport vase featuring Churchill's ancestral home of Blenheim Palace and Royal Doulton toby jugs.

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"I'm not wearing a toby collar anymore. The neck region just needs to be kept warm, so the muscles can relax."

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But he now seems an empty toby jug of an echoing vessel, his style cracking and his excuses failing.

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Reader toby b from Columbia, Md., reported being told that those who are vaccinated shouldn’t be around women of childbearing age.

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