Tosher
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tosher is a noun meaning comparative form of tosh: more tosh.
Meaning
comparative form of tosh: more tosh.
More Meanings
- (historical, cant) A thief who steals the copper siding from the bottoms of vessels, particularly in or along the Thames.
- (chiefly historical) A scavenger of valuables lost in the sewers, particularly those of London during the Victorian Age.
Example Sentences
Toshers, men who steal copper from ships' bottoms in the Thames.
The sewer-hunters were formerly, and indeed are still, called by the name of ‘Toshers’, the articles which they pick up in the course of their wanderings along shore being known among themselves by the general term ‘tosh’, a word more particularly applied by them to anything made of copper.
Word Forms
- toshers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hoister, tout, trougher, till-tapper, waterthief, thief.
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