[Occurs first and chiefly as togged, prob. orig. from TOG sb.1: cf. booted, hatted, etc.] trans. To clothe, to dress. Const. out, up.
1793. European Mag., XXIII. 466. An old fine lady … Tog’d out in each extravagance of fashion.
1811. Lex. Balatr., s.v. Togs, The swell is rum-togged, the gentleman is handsomely dressed.
1812. J. H. Vaux, Flash Dict., s.v., To tog is to dress or put on clothes; to tog a person, is also to supply them with apparel.
1824. Scott, St. Ronan’s, iv. He was tog’d gnostically enough.
1862. All Year Round, 13 Sept., 12/1. He was togged out in first-rate style.
1894. Henty, Dorothy’s Double, I. 202. You had better tog yourself up a bit.
1904. J. A. Riis, Roosevelt, xiv. 344. Mrs. Cleveland, who, when he was governor, togged out his staff in the most gorgeous clothes ever seen.
b. intr. for refl. Also to tog it.
1812. [see above].
1844. Alb. Smith, Adv. Mr. Ledbury, xvi. My pardner’s going to tog it.
1869. J. Greenwood, Curses London (Farmer). She’s a dress-woman … they tog out that they may show off at their best, and make the most of their faces.
1903. ‘Marjoribanks,’ Fluff-Hunters, 132. It was a new experience—togging up to meet a prospective landlady!
