togs en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
-
(form-of, plural) plural of tog
form of tog
-
(UK, plural, plural-only, slang) Clothes.
And the costumes looked like workout togs.
2016, San Francisco Examiner:'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!'
1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 16, in Oliver Twist; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
-
(plural, plural-only, with noun qualifier) Clothes for a specific occasion or use.
gardening togs, swimming togs
- (Ireland, New-Zealand, plural, plural-only) Swimsuits, of either the women's or men's tight-fitting type (in some regions referred to as "speedos").
Deriveds
long-togs · togless · dick togs
Synonyms
cossie (clothes for specific occasion or use) · bathers (clothes for specific occasion or use) · swimmers (clothes for specific occasion or use)