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[From Cockney rhyming slang on one's Tod Sloan — on one's own. Tod Sloan
was an American jockey.] toe be on one's toes (inf) to be ready; to be prepared
for action: We are all on our toes and just waiting for the order to start. toe the line
...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
[From Cockney rhyming slang on one's Tod Sloan — on one's own. Tod Sloan
was an American jockey.] toe be on one's toes (in/) to be ready; to be prepared
for action: We are all on our toes and just waiting for the order to start. toe the line
...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Chambers concise dictionary
[16c: French, from Provencal tocar to touch + senh signal ] tod > n, Brit colloq a
word used in the phrase on one's tod meaning 'alone'. [1930s: from rhyming
slang on one's Tod Sloan on one's own. Tod Sloan (1874-1933) being a well-
known ...
faHmftftJMWHt!l □> ) warm as toast ML WARM tod on one's tod 1. Cfl) JMUfe i M
g * 2. fl >/.* I » g BM/jS (Daddy was so happy that I was able to finish the job on
my lorf. > H&S-Bf&ffl/j fllft ° ) [Jtt,i/ffli |'| "on one's Tod Sloan □ tin tod 574.
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
tod noun on one's tod BritAlone. Cf. pat (malone) noun. 1934–. G. GAUNT Maybe
they don't want your company. . . . Never seen you on your tod before (1981). [
Short for Tod Sloan, name of a US jockey (1874–1933), used as rhyming slang
for ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
Exclamation of sorrow, now mostly weariness or exasperation. Scots. (
Conventional representation of a vocal gesture). ON ONE'S TOD, prep, phrase.
Alone. Br rhyming slang: on one's Tod Sloan (a famous boxer of the 1890s) = on
one's own.
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Hitting the nail
on the head: 3000 Redensarten deutsch-englisch
... learned to play the violin at my mother's knee. mutterseelenallein to be all on
one's own, on one's tod (coll), on one's jack (coll) Head office left him with all that
work to do on his jack. Muttersohnchen > Milchgesicht N nachsagen • Das lass ...
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Chambers English Thesaurus
... off one's own bat, on one's tod, singly, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted.
on purpose deliberately, designedly, intentionally, knowingly, premeditatedly,
purposely, wilfully, wittingly. antonym accidentally. on the ball alert, attentive,
aware, ...
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What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the ...
... and lonely death from cirrhosis of the liver. Tod Sloan was indeed alone, and
this rhyming slang, together with the sad facts of his demise, is the basis for our
saying to be on one's tod. Where did the idea of the devil's advocate originate? n.
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on one's tod în contextul următoarelor știri.
Tom Parker Bowles: My life in travel
And eating alone, although in places like China and Italy, it's seen as rather strange to eat on one's tod. But a good book and I'm as happy as ... «The Independent, Oct 14»
Edna O'Brien's Night is all passion, all mind
"To be on one's tod. Do I mean it? Apparently not. I am still snooping around, on the lookout for pals, pen pals, pub pals, cronies of any kind, ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
