toby

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English

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Noun

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toby (plural tobies)

  1. A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
  2. (British, New Zealand) The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
  3. (UK, dated, slang) 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. (US, dated, regional) A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.
  5. The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
  6. Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.bɘ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɘ
  • Syllabification: to‧by

Conjunction

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toby

  1. Combined form of to + -by

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