toby

toby (plural tobies)

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

• high toby
• toby box
• toby rib

• Boyt

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.bɨ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbɨ
• Syllabification: to‧by

toby

1. Combined form of to + -by