tommy
substantivoverbocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈtɒmi//
- Estados Unidos//ˈtɑmi//
A British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.
substantivo
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calãoA British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.
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obsoletoBread or breadlike foodstuff, generally a penny roll.
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obsoletoThe supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
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obsoletoA 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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antiquadoTommyrot; 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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obsoletoSynonym of dicky (“detachable shirt front”).
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Variante de Tommy guncalãoShort for Tommy gun
Etimologia
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).
verbo
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obsoletoTo pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.
Formas
- plural
- tommies
- pretérito
- tommied
- particípio passado
- tommied
- gerúndio
- tommying
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- tommies
tommy · A British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.
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