tober gloak, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tober gloak n.

[note Ulster tober-homie, the owner of the ground on which a circus is pitched]

a highwayman.

a.1790		H.T. Potter New Dict. Cant (1795) n.p.: knight of the road a highwayman (see tober gloak).
1809		G. Andrewes Dict. Sl. and Cant.
1821		Flash Dict.