[f. TOSS v. + -ER1.]
1. One who or that which tosses. Also with adv.
1612. T. Taylor, Comm. Titus, ii. 12 (1619), 475. Scoffers of such as walke in these straite waies of God, tossers of reproaches against them.
1623. Fletcher & Rowley, Maid in Mill, II. ii. As satisfaction to the blustring god, To send his tossers forth.
1837. New Monthly Mag., LI. 195. Ticket-porters are … such … tossers-off of beer.
1846. Mrs. Gore, Eng. Char. (1852), 109. The hapless tosser-up of omelets.
1896. A. Morrison, Child of the Jago, 130. The last of the tossers stuffed away his coppers.
1905. Daily Chron., 7 Sept., 4/4. As a caber tosser he has never been equalled.
2. A cooking-vessel, a tossing-pan.
1884. Hand & Heart, Oct., 123/2. Cut the other parts in small bits, put them in a small tosser with a grate of nutmeg, the least white pepper and salt,… simmer a few minutes before you fill.
