Meaning & use

togs

noun·Advanced

Clothes, especially casual or sporting clothes, referred to in an informal or old-fashioned way.

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He pulled on his swimming togs and headed straight for the beach.

Grandpa still calls his work clothes his togs whenever he heads out to the garden.

A note on using this word

Togs is informal and always plural; it is more common in British and Australian English than in American English.

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