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tog

[tog] ,noun, verb, togged, tog⋅ging.
–noun
1. a coat.
2. Usually, togs. clothes.
–verb (used with object)
3. to dress (often fol. by out or up).

Origin:
1775–85; appar. short for earlier cant togeman(s), togman cloak, coat, equiv. to toge (late ME < L toga toga ) + -man(s) obs. cant suffix < ?
tog   (tŏg, tôg)   
n.  
  1. togs Clothes: gardening togs.
  2. A coat or cloak.
tr.v.   togged, tog·ging, togs
To dress or clothe: togged herself in ski pants.

[Short for obsolete togeman, from obsolete French togue, cloak, from Latin toga, garment; see toga.]

Togs

Togs\, n. pl. [See Toggery.] Clothes; garments; toggery. [Colloq. or Slang]
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