| 单词 | low toby |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslow toby low toby n. cant (now historical) robbery carried out by thieves on foot; opposed to the high toby at toby n.2; cf. low pad n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > highway robbery > by footpad low-padding1671 footpadding1695 low toby1807 spice1819 footpaddery1859 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > highway robbery > by footpad > instance of low toby1807 1807 Sessions' Papers Feb. 133/1 He..asked me if I had any objection of being in a good thing... I asked him when and..he replied it was low toby, meaning a fotpad [sic] robbery. 1866 A. Fergusson ‘Crusher’ & Cross xii. 93 Their charging him when he left with starting on the ‘low Toby’ rose often in his mind as he thought of home. 1986 P. O'Brian Reverse of Medal (1994) vii. 207 This here caper is not the low toby, nor the high toby, but the very tip-top or what you might call the celestial toby. < as lemmas |
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