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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1898

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TOB, n. A round hat. Heriot's Hospital Slang.Edb. 1898 J. Baillie W. Crighton 268:
“Tobs” and ties there were in abundance.

[Prob. a conflation of top and knob.]

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