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tosser|ˈtɒsə(r), -ɔː-|
[f. toss v. + -er1.]
1. a. One who or that which tosses. Also with adv.
1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus ii. 12 (1619) 475 Scoffers of such as walke in these straite waies of God, tossers of reproaches against them. 1623Fletcher & Rowley Maid in Mill ii. ii, As satisfaction to the blustring god, To send his tossers forth. 1837New Monthly Mag. LI. 195 Ticket-porters are..such..tossers-off of beer. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 109 The hapless tosser-up of omelets. 1896A. Morrison Child of the Jago 130 The last of the tossers stuffed away his coppers. 1905Daily Chron. 7 Sept. 4/4 As a caber tosser he has never been equalled.
b. [Prob. f. sense 13 d of the vb.] A term of contempt or abuse for a person; a ‘jerk’. Cf. bugger n. 2 b. slang.
1977Zigzag Apr. 40/3 She came on in a big mac and flashed her legs like an old tosser before throwing it off. 1983P. 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.
1884Hand & 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 6 c.
1935[see carve-up]. 1964J. Aiken Black Hearts in Battersea (1965) vi. 70 Shall we play for money?.. I haven't a tosser to my kick. 1966New Statesman 4 Nov. 662/1 There's no one mumming today whose opinion is worth a tosser on the cut of a dressing-gown. 1980J. Gerson Assassination Run xi. 158 Your people don't give a tosser for me! |