togs

English

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡz

Noun

togs

1. plural of tog

Noun

togs pl (plural only)

1. (UK, slang) Clothes.
   • 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 16, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:

     '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! And his books, too! Nothing but a gentleman, Fagin!'

   • 2016, San Francisco Examiner:

     And the costumes looked like workout togs.

2. (with noun qualifier) Clothes for a specific occasion or use.

   gardening togs, swimming togs

3. (Ireland, Queensland, New Zealand) Swimsuits, of either the women's or men's tight-fitting type (in some regions referred to as "speedos").

Synonyms

• (clothes for specific occasion or use): bathers, cossie, swimmers

Derived terms

• dick togs
• long-togs

 

Verb

togs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tog

Anagrams

• GOTs, GTOs, gost, gots, stog

Swedish

Verb

togs

1. past passive indicative of ta
2. past passive indicative of taga