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tog verb to dress US Conventional English reincarnated as slang in black vernacular.- Even before I was in the money I togged like a fashion plate so I could run with the hip cats who hung around the poolroom. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 25, 1946
- Big girl’s earrings; you got all togged out for the break. — George Mandel, Flee the Angry Strangers, p. 11, 1948
- I dig the way you’re togged out. — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 44, 1961
- Not right now, togged down and way out as I am. — Bernard Wolfe, The Magic of Their Singing, p. 25, 1961
- I was togged real sharp, with a fine suit, boss coat, and soft Florsheims, real dancing shoes. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 109, 1967
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