or togger, subs. (Oxford).—(1) A second-class racing eight: corresponding to the Cambridge’s SLOGGER (q.v.); (2) one of the crew; and (3) in pl. the Lent races: also as adj.
1853. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, II. xii. The Misses Green [saw] their brother pulling in one of the fifteen TORPIDS … immediately in the wake of the other boats.
1861. T. HUGHES, Tom Brown at Oxford, xxvii. The TORPIDS being filled with the refuse of the rowing men—generally awkward or very young oarsmen—find some difficulty in the act of tossing.
1884. Pall Mall Gazette, 19 Feb. Twenty-six TORPID eights were out at Oxford in training for the races. Ibid., 26 Feb. An undergraduate who is one of their best TORPIDS.
1889. Felstedian, Feb., 11. After the TORPIDS will come the Clinker Forms—an institution hitherto unknown in Oxford.
1885. DICKENS, Jr., A Dictionary of the University of Oxford, 18, s.v. Boating. The TORPID Races last six days.
1900. Westminster Gazette, 21 Feb., 8. 3. Oxford University TORPIDS. These races were concluded to-day.
1900. St. James’s Gazette, 19 Feb. 6. 2. The TORPID races were continued at Oxford on Saturday in fine and pleasant weather, the attendance being large.
4. (Harrow).—A boy who has not been two years in the school.
