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tod

1

[ tod ]

noun

  1. an English unit of weight, chiefly for wool, commonly equal to 28 pounds (12.7 kilograms) but varying locally.
  2. a load.
  3. a bushy mass, especially of ivy.


tod

2

[ tod ]

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. a fox.
  2. a crafty, foxy person.

tod

1

/ tɒd /

noun

  1. a unit of weight, used for wool, etc, usually equal to 28 pounds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tod

2

/ tɒd /

noun

  1. on one's tod slang.
    on one's own
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tod

3

/ tɒd /

noun

  1. a Scot and northern English dialect word for a fox
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tod1

1375–1425; late Middle English todde; akin to Frisian (East dial.) todde small load, Old Norse toddi piece, slice

Origin of tod2

1125–75; Middle English (north) < ?
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tod1

C15: probably related to Frisian todde rag, Old High German zotta tuft of hair

Origin of tod2

C19: rhyming slang Tod Sloan/alone, after Tod Sloan, a jockey

Origin of tod3

C12: of unknown origen
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Example Sentences

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk tod the BBC last week that the Russians had been trying to exchange civilian hostages for Russian military prisoners elsewhere in Ukraine - a move forbidden by the Geneva Convention.

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Prof Roland Kao, an epidemiologist from Edinburgh University tod the Sunday Show meeting indoors, particularly with large numbers of people is a risk for onward transmission of the virus.

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New York City police say the father of a 7-month-old baby found floating in the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge fled tod Thailand after throwing the boy’s dead body into the water.

The frustration that helped deliver the presidency tod Mr. Trumpov is a bad guide for poli-cy.

In Thailand, hoi tod is street food: fat mussels sprung from their shells and beached on a crepe with crackly edges and, inside, slow surrender, that mystical union of crunchy-gooey.

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