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# toby

noun (a toby jug, toby jugs); proper noun (Toby — a name)

«toby» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Toby is a boy's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/#m1)
2. A toby jug is an old-fashioned china jug or mug shaped like a fat, jolly man wearing a three-cornered hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/#m2)
3. Toby is the traditional name of the dog in Punch and Judy puppet shows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/#m3)

### In the lessons

Mostly a name: a boy, a pet dog or a character in a story may be called Toby. Grandparents may collect toby jugs as ornaments. It is not a common everyday word otherwise.

### Examples

- Toby is the new boy in our class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/#x1)
- Our dog is called Toby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/#x2)
- Nan has a toby jug on the shelf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/#x3)
- The toby jug looks like a smiling old man in a hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/#x4)
- Toby has 6 marbles and wins 4 more, so he has 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/#x5)
- In the Punch and Judy show, Toby is the dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/#x6)

### Note

As a name it needs a capital T. «Toby jug» is lower case. In maths problems, Toby is just a person's name; the numbers belong to him.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «toby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«toby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/toby.html) on Mova free.