"tosher" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: See tosh. Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} tosher
  1. comparative form of tosh: more tosh Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: tosh (extra: more tosh)
    Sense id: en-tosher-en-adj-6dT~PsQo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: toshers [plural]
Etymology: From 19th-century British thieves' cant tosh (“copper; items made of copper”) + -er (“one who uses or acquires”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|tosh||copper; items made of copper}} tosh (“copper; items made of copper”), {{af|en|-er|t1=one who uses or acquires}} -er (“one who uses or acquires”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tosher (plural toshers)
  1. (historical, cant) A thief who steals the copper siding from the bottoms of vessels, particularly in or along the Thames. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-tosher-en-noun-9AOH6C7z Disambiguation of People: 6 45 50 Categories (other): English cant
  2. (chiefly historical) A scavenger of valuables lost in the sewers, particularly those of London during the Victorian Age. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Crime, People
    Sense id: en-tosher-en-noun-CNLb~HPN Disambiguation of Crime: 22 29 49 Disambiguation of People: 6 45 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 20 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 19 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: toshing
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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