Tommy

(täm′ē)

noun pl. Tommies

Brit., Informal a private in the British army

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

See Tommy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Tom·my

noun pl. tom·mies also Tom·mies
Chiefly British

A British soldier.

Origin:

Origin: Short for Tommy Atkins

Origin: , from Thomas Atkins, a name often used on sample forms

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