tommy cooker
tommy cooker · tommy cookers
A portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and IIA portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and II.
Meaning
2 senses(archaic)A portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and II.
(archaic, slang)The M4 Sherman tank, due to its likelihood to "brew up" and explode after being hit by German tank fire in World War II. Little to no contemporary evidence of this definition exists.
Origin
From tommy (“soldier”) + cooker.From tommy (“soldier”) + cooker.
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Forms
plural: tommy cookers| Singular | tommy cooker |
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