tommy
noun
Tommies
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pluralof Tommy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
tommies
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pluralof tommy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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
After going 7-3 overall in 2021, the Tommies avenged both of their conference losses from last year: San Diego and Davidson.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
If the Tommies beat Butler on Saturday, or if Davidson beats Dayton, they’ll win the title outright.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
The PFL won’t make the Tommies wait, though.
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
Eleven thousand tommies under General Sir Ian Freeland patrolled Belfast and Londonderry and enforced a strict nighttime curfew.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the past six months Britain has doubled her troop strength in Malaysia, to some 20,000, and British tommies are doing most of the actual fighting in the bitter little war.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chisels.—Chisels of various kinds, for chipping and cross-cutting; round-nosed, centering, set punches, tommies and drifts.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by James Slough Zerbe
