toby

noun6

1. •
   A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
2. •
   (UK, New-Zealand) The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
3. •
   Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster
4. •
   The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
5. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) The road or highway.

   • It is no wonder that itinerant agricultural workers travel on the toby and sleep in casual wards between jobs. — 1931
6. •
   (US, old-fashioned) A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.

noun1

1. •
   The superintendent of a street market.

   • The Boy shakes his head and the Toby comes on to the market wielding a claw hammer. — 2006