bi noun, plural to·bies.
1.
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
2.
Older Slang. a long, slender, cheap cigar.
Origin:
1830–40; generic use of proper name, short for Tobias
1830–40; generic use of proper name, short for Tobias
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| —n , pl -bies | |
| a water stopcock at the boundary of a street and house section | |
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Example sentences from the web
Toby only hears part of the prophecy, leaving out a dangerous omen of things to come.
At the goblin ball, she preferred dancing with moppet to dancing with toby.
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