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English
Noun
toby (plural tobies)
- A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
- (British, New Zealand) The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
- (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.
- (US, dated, regional) A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.
- The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
- Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔbɘ/
- Rhymes: -ɔbɘ
- Syllabification: to‧by
Conjunction
toby
- Combined form of to + -by
Declension