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toby jug

noun

  1. a beer mug or jug typically in the form of a stout seated man wearing a three-cornered hat and smoking a pipe Also calledtoby
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toby jug1

C19: from the familiar form of the Christian name Tobias
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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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Then when he found the bank-notes and the Buddha and the toby jug with the unnumbered clippings belonging to them, he got almost as excited as I was.

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