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Origin and history of toggery

toggery(n.)

"clothes collectively," 1812, from tog + -ery. A slang verb tog "to dress (oneself)," from the noun, is attested by 1793.

also from 1812

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tog(n.)

1708, "outer garment," since later 18c. usually in plural togs, a shortened from togman "cloak, loose coat" (1560s), a thieves' cant word, formed from French togue "cloak," which is from Latin toga (see toga). Middle English toge "Roman toga" (14c., from Old French and Latin) also was a cant word for "a coat."

-ery

word-forming element making nouns meaning "place for, art of, condition of, quantity of," from Middle English -erie, from Latin -arius (see -ary). Also sometimes in modern colloquial use "the collectivity of" or "an example of."

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