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tosser SECOND EDITION 1989 
    1. b. [Prob. f. sense 13d of the vb.] A term of contempt or abuse for a person; a ‘jerk’. Cf. BUGGER n. 2b. slang.
1977 Zigzag Apr. 40/3 She came on in a big mac and flashed her legs like an old tosser before throwing it off. 1983 P. INCHBALD Short Break in Venice xviii. 172 It's a right pig's job... Poor little tosser. As if he wasn't suffering enough already.