/ tɒg; NAmE tɑːg; tɔːg/ noun , verb
■ noun ( BrE )
1.
togs [ pl. ] ( informal , becoming old-fashioned ) clothes, especially ones that you wear for a particular purpose :
running togs
2.
a unit for measuring the warmth of duvets , etc.
■ verb
( -gg- )
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IDIOMS
- be togged out / up (in sth)
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WORD ORIGIN
noun sense 1 and verb early 18th cent. (as a slang term for a coat or outer garment): apparently an abbreviation of obsolete criminals' slang togeman ( s ) a light cloak , from French toge or Latin toga , related to tegere to cover.
noun sense 2 1940s: from tog clothes , on the pattern of an earlier unit called the clo (first element of clothes ).