tosspot
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 7
/ˈtɒspɒt/(UK)
Definition of tosspot
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(archaic, colloquial)A drunkard, one who drinks alcohol frequently.
“The Muses shame to remember some fresh quaffers of Helicon; and which of the Graces or Virtues blusheth not to name some lusty tosspots of rhetoric?”
“We see our carowsing tospot German souldiers, when they are most plunged in their cups and as drunke as rats, to have perfect remembrance of their quarter, of the watchword, and of their files.”
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noun
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(archaic, colloquial)A drunkard, one who drinks alcohol frequently.
“The Muses shame to remember some fresh quaffers of Helicon; and which of the Graces or Virtues blusheth not to name some lusty tosspots of rhetoric?”
“We see our carowsing tospot German souldiers, when they are most plunged in their cups and as drunke as rats, to have perfect remembrance of their quarter, of the watchword, and of their files.”
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(Ireland, UK, offensive, slang)A fool, prat; an idiot.
“Well, that's one in the eye for the nay-sayers, the doubters, the cynics and assorted tosspots what make up the media and that.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From toss + pot.
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