TOBY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toby mean? 

• TOBY (noun)
  The noun TOBY has 1 sense:

1. a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

  Familiarity information: TOBY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOBY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

toby; toby fillpot jug; toby jug

Hypernyms ("toby" is a kind of...):

mug (with handle and usually cylindrical)

 Context examples 

Toby Jackson, a plant scientist in the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, joined Gorgens on an expedition to visit the giants.

(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)