the vb.-stem and sb. in Comb.: toss-about a., that tosses about; toss-ball, a ball that is tossed; toss-blade, one who ‘tosses’ a blade or sword; toss-cup, one who tosses off drink; toss-halfpenny, -penny, the tossing of money in gambling, pitch and toss; toss-loser, the loser of a toss; so toss-winner; toss-pan, a pan used for tossing in cooking. See also TOSSPOT.
1844. J. T. Hewlett, Parsons & W., lv. That dreamy, *toss-about sort of slumber.
1681. W. Robertson, Phraseol. Gen. (1693), 1078. Fortunes *toss-ball.
1659. Torriano, Accoltellatore, a fighter, a *tosse-blade, a swash-buckler.
1883. G. H. Boughton, in Harper’s Mag., April, 684/2. The merry, liquid-eyed *toss-cup of Ostade.
1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, v. A little scamp of a choir-boy, who played *toss-halfpenny.
1906. Daily Chron., 8 Sept., 3/2. When that has been the case the writer cannot remember the *toss-losers failing to win the event.
1796. Mrs. Glasse, Cookery, v. 57. Put half a pint of gravy into a *toss-pan.
1874. Symonds, Sk. Italy & Gr. (1898), I. v. 96. Men and boys play for the most part at bowls or *toss-penny.
