tobern.

/ˈtəʊbə/

Forms: Also tobur.

Etymology: < Shelta; see toby n.²

Showmen's slang.

The site occupied by a circus, fair, or market.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > site occupied

fair green1775

tober1890

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > circus arena > site of

tober1890

1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 357/2 Tobur, toba (showmen, &c.), the ground or field at fairs, hired to put the waggons on for show or circuses, or other al fresco entertainments, which does not amount to much, so that a man or manager is considered very hard up if he has not enough to pay the tobur. Gypsy tober, the road, hence ground.

1933 E. Seago Circus Company vi. 85 How can I walk about the tober without me trousers, I'd be askin' ye?

1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing x. 256 ‘It's not a bad tober—but what's 'is bunce?’.. ‘It's all fair~ground slang... Micky..said this wasn't a bad market here, but what had Knocker made?’

1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Dec. 742/1 She lived with it [sc. a circus] for some time as a privileged outsider, parking her caravan on the tober, as the site is called.

1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 22 The tober is a composite of many elements—roundabouts, booths, joints, and transport vehicles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tober
释义	tobern. /ˈtəʊbə/ Forms: Also tobur. Etymology: < Shelta; see toby n.² Showmen's slang. The site occupied by a circus, fair, or market. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > site occupied fair green1775 tober1890 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > circus arena > site of tober1890 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 357/2 Tobur, toba (showmen, &c.), the ground or field at fairs, hired to put the waggons on for show or circuses, or other al fresco entertainments, which does not amount to much, so that a man or manager is considered very hard up if he has not enough to pay the tobur. Gypsy tober, the road, hence ground. 1933 E. Seago Circus Company vi. 85 How can I walk about the tober without me trousers, I'd be askin' ye? 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing x. 256 ‘It's not a bad tober—but what's 'is bunce?’.. ‘It's all fair~ground slang... Micky..said this wasn't a bad market here, but what had Knocker made?’ 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Dec. 742/1 She lived with it [sc. a circus] for some time as a privileged outsider, parking her caravan on the tober, as the site is called. 1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 22 The tober is a composite of many elements—roundabouts, booths, joints, and transport vehicles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1890
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