单词 | toby-gill |
释义 | > as lemmastoby-gill C1. toby-gill, high toby gloak, high toby spice (also high spice toby): see quots. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > highway or public road headwayOE high streetOE wayOE port highwayOE port-streetOE port-wayOE highway1257 high gate1324 thoroughfare1540 open road1656 rum pad1665 country road1669 toby lay1807 high toby spice1811 throughgang1856 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman > mounted prancera1640 priggera1640 bridle cull1718 high toby gloak1811 toby-gill1811 tobyman1811 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum at Galloper The toby gill clapped his bleeders to his galloper. c1812 in Ld. Byron Juan xi. xix. (note) On the high toby-spice flash the muzzle, In spite of each gallows old scout. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. s.v. 180 High-toby-gloak, a highwayman. 1876 W. Green & C. Hindley Life & Adventures Cheap Jack 4 Halting..during the heat on the ‘high spice toby’, as we used to call the main road. < as lemmas |
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