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tod

1

[ tod ]

noun

  1. an English unit of weight, chiefly for wool, commonly equal to 28 pounds (12.7 kilograms) but varying locally.
  2. a load.
  3. a bushy mass, especially of ivy.


tod

2

[ tod ]

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. a fox.
  2. a crafty, foxy person.

tod

1

/ ɒ /

noun

  1. a unit of weight, used for wool, etc, usually equal to 28 pounds
“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

tod

2

/ ɒ /

noun

  1. on one's tod slang.
    on one's own
“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

tod

3

/ ɒ /

noun

  1. a Scot and northern English dialect word for a fox
“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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tod1

1375–1425; late Middle English todde; akin to Frisian (East dial.) todde small load, Old Norse toddi piece, slice

Origin of tod2

1125–75; Middle English (north) < ?
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tod1

C15: probably related to Frisian todde rag, Old High German zotta tuft of hair

Origin of tod2

C19: rhyming slang Tod Sloan/alone, after Tod Sloan, a jockey

Origin of tod3

C12: of unknown origin
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Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk tod the BBC last week that the Russians had been trying to exchange civilian hostages for Russian military prisoners elsewhere in Ukraine - a move forbidden by the Geneva Convention.

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Prof Roland Kao, an epidemiologist from Edinburgh University tod the Sunday Show meeting indoors, particularly with large numbers of people is a risk for onward transmission of the virus.

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New York City police say the father of a 7-month-old baby found floating in the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge fled tod Thailand after throwing the boy’s dead body into the water.

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The frustration that helped deliver the presidency tod Mr. Trump is a bad guide for policy.

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In Thailand, hoi tod is street food: fat mussels sprung from their shells and beached on a crepe with crackly edges and, inside, slow surrender, that mystical union of crunchy-gooey.

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