tol en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Eye dialect of tall.
Meanings
- (Internet) Tall.
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Eye dialect of tall.
Back slang for lot.
"Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer."1978, Rose Ayers, The Street Sparrows:
Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar style. One man takes the pipe from his mouth and says, "Bill made a doogheno hit this morning." "Jem," says another, to a man just entering, "you'll stand a top o' reeb?" "On," answers Jem, "I've had a trosseno tol, and have been doing dab."1851, Henry Mayhew, “Habits and Amusements of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 11:
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