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Toby

//ˈtoʊbi// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew.

    "By my troth, Sir Toby, you must come in earlier o' nights: your cousin, my lady, takes great exceptions to your ill hours."

  2. 2
    A female given name from Hebrew. rare
  3. 3
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. 4
    in the traditional Punch and Judy show the showman's (live) dog trained to take part in the puppet show and to carry a bag around the audience soliciting donations. UK
Noun
  1. 1
    A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
  2. 2
    The superintendent of a street market.

    "The Boy shakes his head and the Toby comes on to the market wielding a claw hammer."

  3. 3
    a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat wordnet
  4. 4
    The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing. British, New-Zealand
  5. 5
    The road or highway. UK, dated, slang

    "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."

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  1. 6
    A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end. US, dated, regional
  2. 7
    The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
  3. 8
    Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster

Etymology

Etymology 1

The Middle English vernacular form of Tobias.

Etymology 2

From Shelta toba (“the road”).

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