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tommy

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

Noun

(Tommies)

(colloquial) Tommy Atkins; a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.

* 1892 , , "Tommy"

Then it's Tommy' this, an' '''Tommy''' that, an' "' Tommy , 'ow's yer soul?"

But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll

* 1929 , , :

And every night now he played pontoon, that game of the Tommies , with Mrs Bolton, gambling with sixpences.

* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, page 129:

He liked the Germans better than he did the French; but for all that, if he went down the back streets of a night, it was with three or four British Tommies , in case the Jerries weren't as friendly as they made out.

Synonyms

* Tommy Atkins English unisex given names ----

Not English

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