togs

togs
Noun. Clothes. Informal

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • Togs — Togs, n. pl. [See {Toggery}.] Clothes; garments; toggery. [Colloq. or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • togs — clothes, 1779, plural of TOG (Cf. tog) (q.v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • TOGs — Terry s Old Geezers/Gals/Gits (often nicknamed TOGs ) are people who listen to the Wake Up to Wogan show on BBC Radio 2. They often take on pseudonyms, as did the newsreaders, prior to February 2007. They were: *John Marsh Boggy Marsh *Alan… …   Wikipedia

  • Togs — Isolation vestimentaire L isolation vestimentaire est l isolation thermique que procurent les vêtements. Un des rôles des vêtements est en effet de protéger des intempéries, et notamment du froid. Ils sont également utiles pour se protéger de la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • togs — noun a) Clothes. 1837 39, , , b) A swimsuit. : Look at his togs, Fagin! said Charley, putting the light so close to his new jacket as nearly to set him on fire. Look at his togs! Superfine cloth, and the heavy swell cut! Oh, my eye, what a game!… …   Wiktionary

  • Togs — 1. clothes: football togs , swimming togs (from tog = coat, from Latin toga = toga); 2. swimming costume (Queensland, Victoria) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • togs — I Australian Slang 1. clothes: football togs , swimming togs (from tog = coat, from Latin toga = toga); 2. swimming costume (Queensland, Victoria) II Everyday English Slang in Ireland n swimming trunks III Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) swimsuit,… …   English dialects glossary

  • togs — /tɒgz / (say togz) plural noun Colloquial 1. clothes: football togs; work togs. 2. Especially Qld, NSW and Victoria → swimming costume. {apparently shortened form of British thieves slang togeman(s) cloak, coat} …  

  • togs — noun plural Etymology: plural of English slang tog coat, short for obsolete English argot togeman, togman Date: 1779 clothing; especially a set of clothes and accessories for a specified use < riding togs > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • togs — n Clothes. Hey, what swell togs you re in! 1770s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • togs — New Zealand word for swimsuit or swimming clothes Oh, I ve forgotten my togs! Have you left them at home? …   Dictionary of american slang

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