tosa
/ˈtəʊsə
/noun
A dog of a breed of mastiff originally kept for dogfighting.People who own American pit bulls, Japanese tosas, Brazilian filas, and dogo Argentinos will have to muzzle them while they are in public....
- All dogs are potentially dangerous, not just pit bulls and Japanese tosas.
- These include the Brazilian fila, the dogo Argentino, the Japanese tosa, and the American pit bull terrier.
Origin
1940s: from Tosa, the name of a former province in Japan.
- the Lakes
- the Lamb of God (also the Lamb)
- the land of Nod
- the land of the free
- the last minute
- the last (or final) straw
- the last straw
- the last word
- the laugh is on me (or you, him, etc.)
- the Law
- (the law of) diminishing returns
- the Law of Moses
- the law of the jungle
- the Left
- the length and breadth of
- the lesser evil (or the lesser of two evils)
- the Lido
- the lie (lay) of the land
- the life and soul of the party (the life of the party)
- the light of day
- the light of one's life
- the lights are on, but nobody's (or no one's)home
- the likes of
- the Line
- the line of least resistance