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Definition of Toe toe
1. Noun. Tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toe Toe
Literary usage of Toe toe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... Toe-toe, and Toi-toi, name of several species of grass of the genus Arundo
cially Arundo conspicua, A. Toe-toe\s the right spelling in given in ..."
2. A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand by Thomas Kendall (1820)
"J - • toe toe; A long rushy grass so called. a. Wavering, unstable; as, " E
tangata toe toe ra 6ki koe; Thou art a man of a wavering disposition. ..."
3. A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand by Thomas Kendall (1820)
"The act of importuning : also a remainder. Toe; The act of speaking erroneously.
Toene tanga; The motion of the sun. toe toe; A long rushy grass so called, ..."
4. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1889)
"Toe—toe !' ' Who is there ? ' ' The wheelwright of Coq,' said the great golfer.
' But he is in a state of mortal sin,' cried the angel on duty. ..."
5. Ranolf and Amohia: A Dream of Two Lives by Alfred Domett (1883)
"Toe-toe ............ (See note 87.) The term "toe' ! ... (Toe-toe) ...........
j"The largest New Zealand grass; confined to these islands ; culms three to ..."
6. Speaking of the Turks by K. Ziya Mufti-zada (1922)
"At a distance we hear the watchman coming, knocking his club on the pavement to
mark the hour "toe — toe — toe — toe . . ." He is coming nearer, ..."
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