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Tommy

Postby eberntson » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:19 am

n. British soldier, use most commonly in WWI. However it seems to date back to 1881, see "Tommy” (short for a mythical “Thomas Atkins,” a generic name for a British soldier)
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Re: Tommy

Postby Slava » Tue Aug 11, 2015 3:16 pm

Probably no relation, but it made me think of tommy guns.
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Re: Tommy

Postby Perry Lassiter » Tue Aug 11, 2015 3:24 pm

Tommy guns were an abbreviation of Thompson sub-machine guns with the famous cylinder storage.
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