Tommy vs Abdomen - What's the difference?
tommy | abdomen |
(colloquial) Tommy Atkins; a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.
* 1892 , , "Tommy"
* 1929 , , :
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, page 129:
(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly.
(anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
(anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
(zoology, entomology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
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As nouns the difference between tommy and abdomen
is that tommy is (uk|slang|obsolete) bread, generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance while abdomen is .tommy
English
Noun
(Tommies)- 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
- And every night now he played pontoon, that game of the Tommies , with Mrs Bolton, gambling with sixpences.
- 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 ----abdomen
English
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(en-noun)- He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.