toby
Noun
A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
Usage- New-Zealand
- UK usage
The road or highway.
Usage- UK usage
- Dated
- Slang
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It is no wonder that itinerant agricultural workers travel on the toby and sleep in casual wards between jobs.
A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.
Usage- US usage
- Dated
- Regional
The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster
Noun
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
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tobies