togemans n.
a coat or cloak.
Caveat for Common Cursetours in Viles & Furnivall (1907) 85: I towre the strummel trine upon thyn nabchet and Togman I see the strawe hang upon thy cap and coate. | ||
Groundworke of Conny-catching n.p.: [as cit. c.1566]. | ||
Lanthorne and Candle-Light Ch. 1: They call a Cloake (in the Canting tongue) a Togeman, and in Latine, Toga signifies a gowne, or an upper garment. | ||
O per se O N: He loves to keepe himselfe warme, wearing a patched Castor (a Cloake) for his upper roabe, under that a Togmans . | ‘Of Clapperdogeons’||
Eng. Villainies (8th edn) O3: Though thy Togeman were not new, yet the Ruffler in’t was true. | ‘Canting Song’ in||
Eng. Villainies (9th edn) n.p.: Calle, togeman or Joseph, a Cloak or Coat. | ‘Canters Dict.’||
Eng. Rogue I 46: Some words do retain something of Scholarship, as Togeman, a Gown. | ||
‘A Wenches complaint for . . . her lusty Rogue’ Canting Academy (1674) 17: [as cit. 1637]. | ||
Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Togman, a Gown or Cloak. | ||
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Togemans c. a Gown or Cloak. I have Bit the Togemans, c. I have Stole the Cloak. ’Tis a Rum togemans, ‘tis a good Camlet-Cloak, Let’s nim it, let’s whip it off. | ||
Triumph of Wit 198: Though I no Togeman wear, nor Commission, Mish, or Slate. | ||
New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | |
Scoundrel’s Dict. 16: A Cloak – Togeman. | ||
Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Togmans, a cloak, (cant). | ||
Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd edn) n.p.: togemans. A cloak. Cant. | ||
Dict. Sl. and Cant. | ||
Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1796]. | ||
Dict. of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, etc. 176: Togamans — a gown or cloak, for either sex. | ||
Modern Flash Dict. 33: Togman, a cloak. | ||
Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open [as cit. 1835]. |