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▪ I. tosher1 Thieves' Cant. (ˈtɒʃə(r)) a. A Thames thief who purloins copper sheathing from the bottoms of vessels in the river or from the docks.1859 Slang Dict., Toshers, men who steal copper from ships' bottoms in the Thames. b. One who searches for valuable refuse in drains and sewers.a 1852 H. ...
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Tosher
A tosher is someone who scavenges in the sewers, a sewer-hunter, especially in London during the Victorian era. Both "tosher" and "tosh" are of unknown origin.
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Tosher (disambiguation)
Tosher may also refer to:
Nickname
Tosher Underwood (1878–1960), British footballer
Tom Smith (footballer, born 1900) or Tosher (1900–1934), British footballer
Tosher Burns (1902–1984), British footballer
Paul Tosh or Tosher (born 1973), British footballer
Tosher Killingback, a competitor at the
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tosh
▪ I. tosh, n.1 School slang. (tɒʃ) A bath; a footpan. Also tosh-can, tosh-pan.1881 Leathes in Pascoe Life Publ. Sch. ii. 20 A ‘tosh’ pan..is also provided. 1883 Tosh-can [see tosh v.2]. 1905 H. A. Vachell The Hill i, We call a tub a tosh. Ibid. iii, His feet were thrust into a ‘tosh’ filled with ste...
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Tosher Underwood
Alexander Austin Underwood (6 February 1878 – 28 November 1960) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside forward in the Football League for Glossop and Clapton Orient. He spent the majority of his career in the Southern League with Brentford, for whom he made over 170 appearan...
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Tosh (Hasidic dynasty)
Tosher Hasidim have synagogues in the United States, in Boro Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kiryas Joel, and Monsey, as well as in Montreal and in London Rebbe
Video Clips of the Tosher Rebbe
Seforim of the Tosher Rebbe
Kiryas Tosh Official Website
Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Quebec
Hasidic dynasties
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hantle
hantle Sc. and north. dial. (ˈhɑːnt(ə)l, -æ-) [Not known before c 1700; origin obscure. It has been conjectured to be identical with Da. and Sw. antal, ‘number, quantity, multitude’, which suits the sense, but presents historical and phonetic difficulties, esp. as to the initial h in Sc.; it has als...
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Tosher Burns
William "Tosher" Burns (29 December 1902 – September 1984) was an Irish international footballer who played professionally in Ireland, England and the
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Dodger (novel)
The protagonist Dodger, a street urchin and tosher, emerging from a sewer drain, comes to her help and chases away the attackers. He earns his livelihood as a tosher, looking for valuables in the sewers and early in the story he is given the title "king of the toshers".
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See also
Junk man
Tosher – someone who scavenges in sewers
Mudlark
Waste picker
Magnet fishing
Further reading
Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States
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Paul Tosh
A former Second Division player of the year, Tosh's consistent ability to score goals saw "Tosher" rack up nearly 90 goals in Forfar colours, averaging
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William Burns
English cricketer
William Burns (lacrosse) (1875–1953), Canadian Olympic lacrosse player
William Burns (referee) (1952–2019), English football referee
Tosher
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Tom Smith (footballer, born 1900)
Smith, known as Tosher, played for Marsden Villa and Whitburn before moving to South Shields in 1919.
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Junk man
Karung guni
Mudlark
Rag-and-bone man, the British equivalent of this vocation
Sanford and Son, a television program centered on a junk man and his son
Tosher
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The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Norgate finds an old knowledgeable tosher and after posing as an archaeologist trying to locate ancient Roman temple ruins, persuades the tosher to show When Norgate realises that the tosher has not come out of the sewers, he goes back to search for him.
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