tommy
nomverbecourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈtɒmi//
- États-Unis//ˈtɑmi//
A British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.
nom
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argotA British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.
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obsolèteBread or breadlike foodstuff, generally a penny roll.
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obsolèteThe supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
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obsolèteA truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money; the scrip by which such exchange occurs.
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A tommy bar.
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vieilliTommyrot; 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. […]'
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obsolèteSynonym of dicky (“detachable shirt front”).
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Variante de Tommy gunargotShort for Tommy gun
Étymologie
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).
verbe
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obsolèteTo pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.
Formes
- pluriel
- tommies
- passé
- tommied
- participe passé
- tommied
- participe présent
- tommying
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- tommies
tommy · A British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.
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