Tommy
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Tommy
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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eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
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Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
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Re: Tommy
Tommy guns were an abbreviation of Thompson sub-machine guns with the famous cylinder storage.
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