toty

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English

Etymology

Tamil [Term?], from a word meaning "dig".

Noun

toty (plural toties)

(India, obsolete) A low-caste laborer hired as a messenger etc.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “toty”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

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