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coloquial togsClothes.
‘running togs’- ‘We could never emulate that spread when we had one ‘best’ set of clothes, school togs and the cousin's hand-me-down scruffs we mucked around in the rest of the time.’
- ‘While we would like people to wear the right togs, just because don't shouldn't mean they are excluded.’
- ‘I recommend you all wear your summer togs because you may not get another chance this year!’
- ‘Today he sports a particularly vivid mauve cummerbund and a matching beret over his usual black coffee-house togs.’
- ‘The point at which you put summer clothes away and bring out winter togs should be celebrated with some small ceremony.’
- ‘He's a young guy, maybe in his twenties, wearing a helmet and the kind of togs I associate with competitive racing.’
- ‘Gone are cotton loincloths and turbans in favor of microfiber stretch workout togs that wick perspiration away from the body.’
- ‘Once he comes offstage he starts changing into his wedding togs, which look more appropriate for Windsor Castle than Any Town, USA.’
- ‘You look good in winter togs and it's good to see you outside, being a part of the weather you're always talking about.’
- ‘Already in her cycling togs, save for a pair of fuzzy tan slippers, she sits down at the tiny kitchen counter and plows through a slab of French toast.’
- ‘I quickly slipped out of my togs and under the sheet with some embarrassment.’
- ‘This is a fun game to raise funds for some deserving causes so bring along your boots, togs and shin guards and join in the fun.’
- ‘Winton wasn't ready to see her today, there in his togs and all, dishevelled and exhausted.’
- ‘The playing surface was a sea of green on Saturday evening and to make matters worse both teams wore togs which were predominantly white.’
- ‘So I put on some jogging togs, and got ready to go outside for a 30-minute walk/jog.’
- ‘It's definitely time for a closet clear-out and some new togs.’
- ‘I've also got some great pictures of me in my Elizabethan togs which I will scan in today so keep your eye open for some new pictures in the gallery.’
- ‘We wandered back to the hotel from the Quayside after midnight, hand in hand and still in our posh togs, while Newcastle celebrated around us.’
- ‘None of that cash, however, goes on designer togs.’
- ‘Around forty-five minutes later she had changed into her smart togs and reappeared for her own set.’
clothing, garments, articles of clothing, articles of dress, attire, garb
verbotogs, togging, togged
coloquial be/get togged up/outBe or get dressed for a particular occasion or activity.
‘we got togged up in our glad rags’- ‘Revellers togged up in suits and fancy vintage dresses groove the night away against a projected backdrop of classic films, footage of a bygone Birmingham and, later in the evening, eye-popping burlesque routines.’
- ‘I start getting togged up at 6.50 pm, but there's a vocal warm-up at 6.30 pm and I'm happy to be missing out on that!’
- ‘So I got myself togged up in the required fisherman's smock, with those handy pockets for putting things in.’
- ‘We've rather over judged the dress code - and appear to be the only ones to have bothered to get togged up at all.’
- ‘Daisy and I had a walk into town, suitably togged up in waterproofs.’
- ‘It's not dangerous, yet togged up in that gear your average enthusiast looks damned menacing.’
- ‘In the end, we had snow, but the flurries were light, and so we togged up and trekked across town back to Betty's.’
- ‘I got all togged up with goggles, ear plugs, face masks and dirty old clothes for two days floor sanding fun!’
- ‘The sun shone as we togged out in our t-shirts that we put on over several layers of thermal underwear!’
- ‘At any opportunity the kids are togged out in their wellies and off out to the two secured outdoor areas on-site or for a run around outside.’
- ‘The tournament began at 11 o clock on a grey and wet morning but despite the inclement weather all the teams togged out and started playing.’
- ‘It was a marvellous feat of organisation and the reward was to see the young people from five years of age to eight togged out in their individual club colours.’
- ‘They're all big men, though they don't look it when they're togged out.’
- ‘Conditions were perfect, the lads stood beside him for the pre-event photos, and he was togged out in the full kit.’
- ‘Twenty-two girls from Nurney were togged out in the locally sponsored jerseys and new skirts.’
- ‘Both sides are at the ground a half an hour before the kick off time, togged out, raring to go, and the referee never turns up.’
- ‘Once again, 15 minutes after arrival, they'd togged out and with towel in hands were off down to the pool.’
- ‘I rarely wear a suit these days, often a shirt and tie but rarely the whole hog, but today I was togged out in my full glory.’
- ‘Training takes place twice a week and there could be up to fifty girls togged out on those evenings.’
- ‘Our photo shows the lads getting togged out for one of many charity football matches.’
Origen
Early 18th century (as a slang term for a coat or outer garment): apparently an abbreviation of obsolete criminals' slang togeman (s) ‘a light cloak’, from French toge or Latin toga (see toga).
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BritanicoA unit of thermal resistance used to express the insulating properties of clothes and quilts.
Origen
1940s from tog, on the pattern of an earlier unit called the clo (first element of clothes).
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