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Tobys

Tobys is the plural of Toby.

Meaning of Toby

Proper noun

Toby (plural Tobys)

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
    • By my troth, Sir Toby, you must come in earlier o' nights: your cousin, my lady, takes great exceptions to your ill hours.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. (UK) in the traditional Punch and Judy show the showman's (live) dog trained to take part in the puppet show and to carry a bag around the audience soliciting donations.

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Questions about Tobys

What is Tobys the plural of?
Tobys is the plural of Toby.

Words near Tobys in the dictionary

  1. Toby mushes
  2. toby rib
  3. tobying
  4. tobyman
  5. tobymen
  6. Tobys
  7. TOC
  8. toc emma
  9. toc emmas
  10. Toca
  11. tocainide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tobys (page history and authors); Toby (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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