Meaning

3 senses
  1. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins, a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.

    (broadly, colloquial)Any common soldier; a member of the rank and file.

  2. Penis

  3. (obsolete, rare)A lesbian.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Tommy, can you hear me?

    Томмі, ти мене чуєш?

    ruТомми, ты меня слышишь?

    deTommy, kannst du mich hören?

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  2. Tommy couldn't answer the last question.

    ruТомми не смог ответить на последний вопрос.

    deTommy konnte die letzte Frage nicht beantworten.

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  3. Tommy was asleep inside his playpen.

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  4. Tommy left some spittle on the table.

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  5. Tommy never said that he wanted to leave.

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Origin

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

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Forms

plural: Tommies
SingularTommy
PluralTommies

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
British soldier:Tommy Atkins

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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