Tom Tug

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English

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Etymology

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From a stage play.

Noun

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Tom Tug (plural Tom Tugs)

  1. (slang, obsolete) A waterman.
    • 1883, Cassell's Library of English Literature, page 60:
      Tom Tugs were to the men of Hoccleve's time what Hansom cabmen are to modern Londoners.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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