subs. (American).—A drink; a ‘toddy.’
1861. T. WINTHROP, Cecil Dreeme, xiv. Selleridge’s was full of fire-company boys, taking their TODS after a run.
1862. C. F. BROWNE (‘Artemus Ward’), Artemus Ward: His Book (1899), 37. Ef your peple take their TODS, say Mister Ward is as Jenial a feller as we ever met. Ibid., 82. He liked his TODS too well, however.
