英语词汇“tober”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

tober

释义

tober Showmen's slang.|ˈtəʊbə(r)|
Also tobur.
[a. Shelta; see toby n.²]
The site occupied by a circus, fair, or market.
1890Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang II. 357/2 Tobur, toba (showmen, &c.), the ground or field at fairs, hired to put the waggons on for show or circuses, or other al fresco entertainments, which does not amount to much, so that a man or manager is considered very hard up if he has not enough to pay the tobur. Gypsy tober, the road, hence ground.1933E. Seago Circus Company vi. 85 How can I walk about the tober without me trousers, I'd be askin' ye?1939J. B. Priestley Let the People Sing x. 256 ‘It's not a bad tober—but what's 'is bunce?’.. ‘It's all fair⁓ground slang... Micky..said this wasn't a bad market here, but what had Knocker made?’1957Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Dec. 742/1 She lived with it [sc. a circus] for some time as a privileged outsider, parking her caravan on the tober, as the site is called.1968[see joint n. 14 b].

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