toby

A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.

Noun

  1. A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
  2. The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
  3. 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. 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

Forms

tobies

Derived

high toby toby box tobyman toby rib