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• Tugman — This interesting surname of English origin with variant spellings Tudman, Togman, Tugman, Tudnam, etc. is a dialectal variant of the locational name Tuddenham in Norfolk and Suffolk, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century personal name… …   Surnames reference

• 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

• tog — /tog/, n., v., togged, togging. n. 1. a coat. 2. Usually, togs. clothes. v.t. 3. to dress (often fol. by out or up). [1775 85; appar. short for earlier cant togeman(s), togman cloak, coat, equiv. to toge (late ME < L toga TOGA) + man(s) obs. cant …   Universalium

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• tog — tog1 [tɔg US ta:g, to:g] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: tog coat (18 20 centuries), from togman (16 18 centuries), probably from Latin toga; TOGA] 1.) togs [plural] informal clothes 2.) a unit for measuring the warmth of ↑duvets, ↑sleeping bags,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tog — (n.) 1708, any outer garment, shortened from togman cloak, loose coat (1560s), thieves cant word, formed from Fr. togue cloak, from L. toga (see TOGA (Cf. toga)). Middle English toge toga (14c.) was also a cant word for coat …   Etymology dictionary

• tog — [[t]tɒg[/t]] n. v. togged, tog•ging 1) a coat 2) Usu., togs. clothes 3) to dress (often fol. by out or up) • Etymology: 1775–85; appar. short for earlier argot togeman(s), togman cloak, coat =toge (late ME < L toga toga) + man(s) formative in… …   From formal English to slang