| 单词 | toby jug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasToby (Fill-pot) jug 2. (With capital T.) A jug or mug (formerly common) in the form of a stout old man wearing a long and full-skirted coat and a three-cornered hat (18th cent. costume). Also called Toby Fill-pot, Toby Toss-pot. Also attributive as Toby (Fill-pot) jug. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > other specific shapes gripe's egg1391 gripe-shell15.. Priapus1613 man with the beard1631 delphin1638 belly-cup1673 spout cup1702 leaf cup1716 image mug1788 rhyton1820 toby1841 Sussex pig1846 bell-cupa1849 biberon1853 moustache cup1863 trembleuse cup1869 steeple-cup1909 thistle cup1947 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iv. 258 ‘Put Toby this way, my dear.’ This Toby was the brown jug of which previous mention has been made. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxx. 403 When he had dined, comforted himself with a pipe, an extra Toby, a nap. 1852 E. M. Sewell Exper. of Life (1858) xix. 131 The great earthenware cup, the figure of a stout little man, which usually went by the name of Toby. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 15 Pouring out his old ale from a Toby Philpot jug. 1901 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Aug. 3 (Cass. Supp.) The brown Toby jug was filled for him. 1908 Daily Chron. 3 Nov. 5/6 The Tobies are relics of the old coaching days. < as lemmas |
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