Associations to the word «Toby»

Wiktionary

TOBY, noun. A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop.
TOBY, noun. (British) (New Zealand) The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
TOBY, noun. The road or highway
TOBY, noun. (US) (dated) (regional) A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.
TOBY, proper noun. A male given name.
TOBY, proper noun. (rare) A female given name.
TOBY, proper noun. A patronymic surname​.
TOBY, proper noun. (chiefly UK) 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.
TOBY, noun. The superintendent of a street market.
TOBY MUSH, noun. An assistant to a Toby on a street market.

Dictionary definition

TOBY, noun. A drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats