tossern.
/ˈtɒsə/, /ˈtɔːsə/, U.S. /ˈtɔsər/, /ˈtɑsər/ 1.
a. One who or that which tosses. Also with adv.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > one who or that which
warperOE
castera1400
throwerc1450
flinger1598
tosser1612
jaculator1796
shy1884
shyer1895
slinger1902
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (ii. 12) 475 Scoffers of such as walke in these straite waies of God, tossers of reproaches against them.
a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaa4v/1 As satisfaction to the blustring god, To send his Tossers forth.
1837 New Monthly Mag. 51 195 Ticket-porters are..such..tossers-off of beer.
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 109 The hapless tosser-up of omelets.
1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 130 The last of the tossers stuffed away his coppers.
1905 Daily Chron. 7 Sept. 4/4 As a caber tosser he has never been equalled.
b. [Probably < sense to toss off 4 at Phrasal verbs of the verb.] A term of contempt or abuse for a person; a ‘jerk’. Cf. bugger n.1 3a. slang.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person
wormc825
wretchOE
thingOE
hinderlingc1175
harlot?c1225
mixa1300
villain1303
whelpc1330
wonnera1340
bismera1400
vilec1400
beasta1425
creaturec1450
dog bolt1465
fouling?a1475
drivel1478
shit1508
marmoset1523
mammeta1529
pilgarlica1529
pode1528
slave1537
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skit-brains?1553
grasshopper1556
scavenger1563
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rag1566
shrub1566
ketterela1572
shake-rag1571
skybala1572
mumpsimus1573
smatchetc1582
squib1586
scabship1589
vassal1589
baboon1592
Gibraltar1593
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mushroom1594
nodc1595
cittern-head1598
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stockfish1598
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dish-wash1599
pettitoe1599
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viliaco1600
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stump1602
snotty-nose1604
sprat1605
wormling1605
brock1607
dogfly?1611
shag-rag1611
shack-rag1612
thrum1612
rabbita1616
fitchock1616
unworthy1616
baseling1618
shag1620
glow-worm1624
snip1633
the son of a worm1633
grousea1637
shab1637
wormship1648
muckworm1649
whiffler1659
prig1679
rotten egg1686
prigster1688
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hang-dog1693
bugger1694
reptile1697
squinny1716
snool1718
ramscallion1734
footer1748
jackass1756
hallion1789
skite1790
rattlesnake1791
snot1809
mudworm1814
skunk1816
stirrah1816
spalpeen1817
nyaff1825
skin1825
weed1825
tiger1827
beggar1834
despicability1837
squirt1844
prawn1845
shake1846
white mouse1846
scurf1851
sweep1853
cockroach1856
bummer1857
medlar1859
cunt1860
shuck1862
missing link1863
schweinhund1871
creepa1876
bum1882
trashbag1886
tinhorn1887
snot-rag1888
rodent1889
whelpling1889
pie eatera1891
mess1891
schmuck1892
fucker1893
cheapskate1894
cocksucker1894
gutter-bird1896
perisher1896
skate1896
schmendrick1897
nyamps1900
ullage1901
fink1903
onion1904
punk1904
shitepoke1905
tinhorn sport1906
streeler1907
zob1911
stink1916
motherfucker1918
Oscar1918
shitass1918
shit-face1923
tripe-hound1923
gimp1924
garbage can1925
twerp1925
jughead1926
mong1926
fuck?1927
arsehole1928
dirty dog1928
gazook1928
muzzler1928
roach1929
shite1929
mook1930
lug1931
slug1931
woodchuck1931
crud1932
dip1932
bohunkus1933
lint-head1933
Nimrod1933
warb1933
fuck-piga1935
owl-hoot1934
pissant1935
poot1935
shmegegge1937
motheree1938
motorcycle1938
squiff1939
pendejo1940
snotnose1941
jerkface1942
slag1943
yuck1943
fuckface?1945
fuckhead?1945
shit-head1945
shite-hawk1948
schlub1950
asswipe1953
mother1955
weenie1956
hard-on1958
rass hole1959
schmucko1959
bitch ass1961
effer1961
lamer1961
arsewipe1962
asshole1962
butthole1962
cock1962
dipshit1963
motherfuck1964
dork1965
bumhole1967
mofo1967
tosspot1967
crudball1968
dipstick1968
douche1968
frickface1968
schlong1968
fuckwit1969
rassclaat1969
ass1970
wank1970
fecker1971
wanker1971
butt-fucker1972
slimeball1972
bloodclaat1973
fuckwad1974
mutha1974
suck1974
cocksuck1977
tosser1977
plank1981
sleazebag1981
spastic1981
dweeb1982
bumboclaat1983
dickwad1983
scuzzbag1983
sleazeball1983
butt-face1984
dickweed1984
saddie1985
butt plug1986
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
microcephalic1989
wankstain1990
sadster1992
buttmunch1993
fanny1995
jackhole1996
fassyhole1997
fannybaws2000
fassy2002
1977 Zigzag Apr. 40/3 She came on in a big mac and flashed her legs like an old tosser before throwing it off.
1983 P. Inchbald Short Break in Venice xviii. 172 It's a right pig's job... Poor little tosser. As if he wasn't suffering enough already.
2. A cooking-vessel, a tossing-pan.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > pan > tossing-pan
tossing-pan1769
toss-pan1796
tosser1884
1884 Hand & Heart Oct. 123/2 Cut the other parts in small bits, put them in a small tosser with a grate of nutmeg, the least white pepper and salt,..simmer a few minutes before you fill.
3. A penny, a coin of small value. Cf. toss v. 9, toss n.1 6d.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > small coins collectively > a small coin
orkyn1542
liarda1549
solda1549
scute1594
orkey1648
sock1688
styca1705
dump1821
scuddick1823
bit1829
posh1830
rag1866
tosser1935
1935 M. Harrison Spring in Tartarus i. 27 The de Launes hadn't a tosser between them. Oh my Lord, what a carve up!
1964 J. Aiken Black Hearts in Battersea (1965) vi. 70 Shall we play for money?.. I haven't a tosser to my kick.
1966 New Statesman 4 Nov. 662/1 There's no one mumming today whose opinion is worth a tosser on the cut of a dressing-gown.
1980 J. Gerson Assassination Run xi. 158 Your people don't give a tosser for me!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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