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tol en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Eye dialect of tall.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) Tall.

tol en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Back slang for lot.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, qualifier:costermongers) 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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