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Toby jug

Syllabification: (To·by jug)
Pronunciation: /ˈtōbē/

(also toby jug)
Definition of Toby jug

noun

  • a beer jug or mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.

Origin:

mid 19th century: nickname for the given name Tobias, and said to come from an 18th-century poem about Toby Philpot (with a pun on fill pot), a soldier who liked to drink

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