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toss-
the vb.-stem and n. in Comb.: toss-about a., that tosses about; toss-ball, a ball that is tossed; toss-blade, one who ‘tosses’ a blade or sword; toss-cup, one who tosses off drink; toss-halfpenny, -penny, the tossing of money in gambling, pitch and toss; toss-loser, the loser of a toss; so toss-winner; toss-pan, a pan used for tossing in cooking. See also tosspot.
1844J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & W. lv, That dreamy, *toss-about sort of slumber.
1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 1078 Fortunes *toss-ball.
1659Torriano, Accoltellatore, a fighter, a *tosse-blade, a swash-buckler.
1883G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Apr. 684/2 The merry, liquid-eyed *toss-cup of Ostade.
1849Thackeray Pendennis v, A little scamp of a choir-boy, who played *toss-halfpenny.
1906Daily Chron. 8 Sept. 3/2 When that has been the case the writer cannot remember the *toss-losers failing to win the event.
1796H. Glasse Cookery v. 57 Put half a pint of gravy into a *toss-pan.
1874Symonds Sk. Italy & Gr. (1898) I. v. 96 Men and boys play for the most part at bowls or *toss-penny. |