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Tom

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

Tom familiar abbrev. of the pers. name Thomas, used (i) as the name of certain large bells (XVII), and long guns (XIX, Long Tom); (ii) in designations originating in quasi-proper names as tom-fool †half-witted man (XVI), buffoon (XVII), stupid person (XVIII);
hence tomfoolery (XIX); tom-noddy puffin (XVIII), foolish person (XIX); (iii) as the colloq. designation of a male cat, originating in ‘The Life and Adventures of a Cat’ (1760) in which the hero, a male cat, is called Tom the Cat. Hence dim. Tommy (-Y6) spec. short for Tommy Atkins familiar form of Thomas Atkins, name of a typical private soldier in the British army arising out of its use in specimen forms of description in official regulations from 1815. Also tomboy †bold boy or woman; wild romping girl XVI; tomtit TITMOUSE (XVIII).

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tom

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

tom / täm/ • n. 1. the male of various animals, esp. a turkey or domestic cat. 2. (Tom) inf. short for Uncle Tom. • v. (Tom) (Tommed, Tom·ming) [intr.] inf. , derog. (of a black person) behave in an excessively obedient or servile way.

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Tom

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Tom , river, c.525 mi (840 km) long, rising in the Alatau range, S Siberian Russia. It flows N through the Kuznetsk Basin past Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, and Tomsk into the Ob River. It is navigable from Novokuznetsk.

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Tom

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Tom ♂ Short form of Thomas, in use since the Middle Ages. It is recorded as an independent name since the 18th century, and as such was very popular in the late 1990s.

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tom

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

tom •aplomb, bomb, bombe, CD-ROM, dom, from, glom, mom, pom, prom, Rom, shalom, Somme, therefrom, Thom, tom, wherefrom •stink bomb • firebomb • sitcom •Telecom • non-com • intercom •coulomb • pompom • tomtom

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