tol

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adjective

Tall.

Less commonScrabble 3

Meanings

tol1

adjective
  1. InternetTall.

tol2

nountol (plural tols)

plural tols

  1. obsoletecostermongersLot.

    "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
    1 more example

    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

Origin

tol · noun

Back slang for lot.

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