Tommies
- plural of Tommy.
- plural of tommy.
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"The soldiers who once called each other Redcoats and Yankees became the Tommies and the GIs who together saved the free world," he said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
This is the second season in Division I for the Tommies, who joined the Summit League for most sports.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
The Tommies won the league championship in their second year as a Division I member.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2022
Voted out of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2019, the Tommies in 2021 became the first Division III school to move all their sports to Division I at once.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
The vast beach, the thousands waiting on it, and the sea empty of boats returned the Tommies to their predicament.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Among the crocus, some gardeners find that Crocus tommasinianus, the so-called tommies, are less often disturbed.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
I can never remember whether we're supposed to think the likes of our footballers would make useless tommies, or whether we're meant to sniff that that is all they really are.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2013
Jagan had to call in British tommies airflown from London to restore order.
From Time Magazine Archive
Husky, ruddy-cheeked young tommies in heavy suits and bulky sweaters, they looked like members of an oversize Rugby team.
From Time Magazine Archive
I hope, though, that Michael never had half the trouble finding his paints and brushes that Nick had to get at his tommies and jemmies, and dozens of strange little instruments.
From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
