Example Sentences

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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

Eleven thousand tommies under General Sir Ian Freeland patrolled Belfast and Londonderry and enforced a strict nighttime curfew.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like the tommies, the Prime Minister badly needs a better 'ole.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were tiger cats, Maltese cats, black-and-white cats, black cats and white cats, tommies and females, and his heart leaped to meet the pleading mews of all.

From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins