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toby

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to·by also To·by  (tb)
n. pl. to·bies also To·bies
A drinking mug, usually in the shape of a stout man wearing a large three-cornered hat.
[After Toby, a nickname for Tobias.]
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toby
toby
Noun
pl -bies NZ a water stopcock at the boundary of a street and house section [origin unknown]
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Noun1.tobytoby - a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
toby fillpot jug, toby jug
mug - with handle and usually cylindrical


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I tell you that Toby Crackit has been hanging about the place for a fortnight, and he can't get one of the servants in line.
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It is not my design, therefore, to vituperate my deceased friend, Toby Dammit.
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Let me propose your name for membership in the Imperial Order of Abnormal Proboscidians, of which I am the High Noble Toby and Surreptitious Treasurer.
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