tommy
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈtɒmi//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈtɑmi//
A British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.
Substantiv
- 1
SlangA British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.
- 2
veraltetBread or breadlike foodstuff, generally a penny roll.
- 3
veraltetThe supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
- 4
veraltetA truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money; the scrip by which such exchange occurs.
- 5
A tommy bar.
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veraltendTommyrot; nonsense.
'Don't talk tommy, Guy!' she exclaimed half wrathfully. 'As if I could possibly put on two left shoes without knowing it, even if I could get them on. […]'
- 7
veraltetSynonym of dicky (“detachable shirt front”).
- 8
Variante von Tommy gunSlangShort for Tommy gun
Herkunft
Generally agreed to have come from appellativization of Tommy in most senses, but the historical details are apparently largely unknown, including whether such an evolution happened several times (with one sense being independent of another).
Verb
- 1
veraltetTo pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.
Formen
- Plural
- tommies
- Präteritum
- tommied
- Partizip II
- tommied
- Partizip I
- tommying
- 3. Person Singular
- tommies
tommy · A British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.
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