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Burrage's bread, which there ain't no more raisin 'into it nor a toggle-chain.

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  1. noun A pin, rod, or crosspiece fitted or inserted into a loop in a rope, chain, or strap to prevent slipping, to tighten, or to hold an attached object.
  2. noun A device or an apparatus with a toggle joint.
  3. transitive verb To furnish or fasten with a toggle.
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  • When he depressed the power toggle, the gauge above it fluttered and then dropped back to zero. —  The Chronicles Of Pern: First Fall
  • Unfortunately, though, the Kankuteru toggle is an all-or-nothing switch at the moment. —  ReadWriteWeb
  • With its slightly rounded form and well-placed zoom toggle, the SD780 is really neither. —  DigitalCameraReview.com Digital Camera News and Reviews
  • Pull the 590's zoom toggle, and the camera's lens rockets from one end of the range to the other: if you disliked the 570 for the pick-up lag introduced by its fly-by-wire zoom control, the SP-590's fast and direct control arrangement will no doubt be welcomed. —  DigitalCameraReview.com Digital Camera News and Reviews
  • I tried a couple of ideas, like a toggle or putting something in the page, but if someone browsed to a different page and came back they could vote again. —  No Fluff Just Stuff
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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Formerly also toggel, toggil; apparently a diminutive form, connected with tug (Middle English toggen), tow. Cf. tuggle.
  2. from toggle, n.
 

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