Tom Tug

English

Etymology

From a stage play.

Noun

Tom Tug (plural Tom Tugs)

1. (slang, obsolete) A waterman.
   • 1883, Cassell's Library of English Literature, page 60:

     Tom Tugs were to the men of Hoccleve's time what Hansom cabmen are to modern Londoners.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary