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tobe^¹

/təʊb/

noun tobes

A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa. It consists, for men and women alike, of a ‘tobe,’ or straight piece of cotton cloth (printed, or white with a crimson border), two breadths wide, and some twelve feet long, draped in graceful folds about the body, and fastened on the left shoulder.

Tobe^²

proper noun

A male given name, diminutive of Toby.

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@misc{tobe_2026,
  title = {tobe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tobe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}