Tommies

Variant of Tommy

Tommy definition

Tommy (täm′ē)

noun pl. Tommies -·mies

Brit., Informal a private in the British army

Etymology: clipped from Tommy Atkins (for Thomas Atkins, fictitious name used in Brit army sample forms

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