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tog - What does it mean?

Definition of 'tog'

English

(wikipedia)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) togue, from (etyl) toga'', "cloak" or "mantle". It started being used by thieves and vagabonds with the noun ''togman , which was an old slang word for "cloak". By the 1700s the noun "tog" was used as a short form for "togman", and it was being used for "coat", and before 1800 the word started to mean "clothing". The verb "tog" came out after a short period of time and became a popular word which meant to dress up.

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A cloak.
  • Clothes.
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  • |title= Mr. Pratt's Patients |passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”}}
  • A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Verb

    (togg)
  • To dress.
  • * |chapter=7
  • |title= Mr. Pratt's Patients |passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]”}}

    Etymology 2

    Similar to 'tog'

    twig, tag, thug, tig, tug, teg, thig, taig, tegg