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tog

[tog] / tɒg /


Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for tog?
Tog is an informal word for a coat. The plural form togs is used to refer to clothes in general. Similarly informal words for clothing include threads and duds. Tog can also be used as a verb: tog up and tog out mean to dress (oneself), especially to dress up.
Where does tog come from?
Tog comes from a shortening of togeman(s), a slang word for “cloak” or “coat.” The first part of the word ultimately comes from the Latin word toga, but the origin of the ending is uncertain.
How do you use tog in a sentence?
Tog is informal. It’s most commonly used in the plural togs, an informal word for clothes. Here are some examples of tog in a sentence:
  • Grab your tog, we’re going out! 
  • Fancy togs! You must have somewhere to go.  
  • I got all togged up for the party.

Example Sentences

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If you need a new mattress, spend time choosing one that is appropriate, and make sure your duvet is the right tog for the season.

From The Guardian Nov. 5, 2018

During a visit to Iceland, she sees native sheep whose coats “grow two distinct kinds of fiber” called tog and thel.

From Washington Post Feb. 8, 2016

China can not continue tog row at 10 percent forever and we will need to make accommodations for that fact.

From New York Times Jan. 15, 2016

He is goot tog ten, and getting himself mended ferry quickly.

From Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure by Boucher, W.

Your master he get well: goot tog, down!”

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.

Vander Ark, wearing orange jail togs, declined to speak when given the chance and instead shook her head to indicate “no.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 23, 2024

There’s a charming moment in which, showing up in his spanking-new astronaut togs to impress his wife, he ends up washing dishes in her restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2023

Dress in your best green togs and find inspiration in peas, avocados, spinach, and seaweed.

From Salon Mar. 16, 2022

A new friend of Sam’s is MH, a fierce, super-fit agitator bent on “potential optimization” and “perverse celebration” protesting in expensive togs while dwelling in tony real estate, a designer pose.

From Washington Post Aug. 6, 2021

We were led out of the elevator through a rococo hall into an anteroom and told to get into our fighting togs.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Suitably togged up, he set off on a solo motoring holiday in France.

From The Guardian Mar. 28, 2020

It is as if my entire childhood was lived out in the cold months, a decade spent togged up in duffel coats and mittens, wellingtons and woolly hats.

From The Guardian Oct. 8, 2017

“We’ll have you togged out in no time.”

From The New Yorker Feb. 8, 2010

“I think it’s past time we got you togged out, girl.”

From The New Yorker Feb. 8, 2010

But when we met up outside ten minutes later, togged up and ready to go, Katz was looking miserable.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

In the home dressing room their most capped prop, Andrea Lo Cicero, recalled to the starting team, will be togging out for the last time.

From The Guardian Mar. 15, 2013

Francisco Franco lightened the gloom of a generally hostile world by togging himself in hunting clothes and giving a splendid imitation of an old-fashioned candidate for some office or other.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Poor old Dick!" sighed Darrin one day, as the members of the squad were togging to go on to the field.

From Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

As they were to play subs. they did not need to be as early at togging as the members of the team.

From Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

All the other Gridley youngsters stopped half way in their togging to listen for the reply.

From The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)




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