Synonyms for toggery


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tog-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɒg ə ri

Top 10 synonyms for toggery Other synonyms for the word toggery

Définition of toggery

Origin :
  • "clothes collectively," 1812, from tog + -ery.
  • As in wardrobe : noun clothes or furniture for storing clothes
  • As in clothing : noun attire
  • As in clothes/clothing : noun personal attire
  • As in tog : noun dress
  • As in dress : noun clothing; woman's garment
  • As in gear : noun clothing
Example sentences :
  • In short, his whole "toggery" was faultless—a perfect out-and-outer.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
  • He could strip a case of its toggery and go right to its vitals.
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
  • And hark ye, Jack, you must contrive to change your toggery.
  • Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • Why, bless you, that toggery would be heaven compared to what a man has to contend with.
  • Extract from : « Peck's Sunshine » by George W. Peck
  • "No rides to-day in that toggery, Eddy," he said in the same voice.
  • Extract from : « The Three Partners » by Bret Harte
  • The gaoler's toggery will fit you, and the other fellow's may do for me.
  • Extract from : « A Rock in the Baltic » by Robert Barr
  • Toggery, clothes, harness, domestic paraphernalia of any kind.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • And never speak of clothes, collectively, as toggs or toggery.
  • Extract from : « The Comic English Grammar » by Percival Leigh
  • If I go to the play now—there I am, dressed in toggery and sittin' in the stalls!
  • Extract from : « A Likely Story » by William De Morgan
  • And never speak of clothes, collectively, as togs or toggery.
  • Extract from : « The Comic English Grammar » by Unknown
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