Definition of "tole" [tole]

• A lacquered or enameled metalware, usually gilded and elaborately painted. (noun)

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• "Tatum O'Neal (how funny is she on Rescue Me?) will play the title tole in a Saving Grace (no relationship to the TV show starring Holly Hunter) which will be the directing debut of Connie Stevens."
• "Jordon, an 'de Yankees come an' he treated 'em from whiskey he had in a bottle, an 'tole 'em he had no more."
• "I got hold of my papa and mamma, an 'tole 'em to ask God to make 'em good, an' he'd do it; an 'took hold of my little mate July,"