tog
a coat.
Usually togs. clothes.
to dress (often followed by out or up).
Origin of tog
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How to use tog in a sentence
First off, we togged ourselves out the way punchers allus look in magazines.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor GatesIn a very little while I was again walking by the Bellman House, completely togged out in new apparel from head to heel.
Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp"Willie off the yacht" is there, togged in flannels and making a desperate struggle to roll in his gait.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. StandishThe next day they came to a party at the Settlement House togged up in their plunder.
The Precipice | Elia Wilkinson PeattieShe never appears to better advantage than when she is togged out in her Sunday-go-to-race-meeting-best.
The Transgression of Andrew Vane | Guy Wetmore Carryl
British Dictionary definitions for tog (1 of 2)
/ (tɒɡ) informal /
(often foll by up or out) to dress oneself, esp in smart clothes
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Origin of tog
1British Dictionary definitions for tog (2 of 2)
/ (tɒɡ) /
a unit of thermal resistance used to measure the power of insulation of a fabric, garment, quilt, etc. The tog-value of an article is equal to ten times the temperature difference between its two faces, in degrees Celsius, when the flow of heat across it is equal to one watt per m²
(as modifier): tog-rating
Origin of tog
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