TOMMY Definition & Meaning

tommy

[tom-ee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

British.

plural

tommies

(sometimes initial capital letter)��Tommy Atkins.
Slang.��bread, especially brown bread, or rations, as formerly distributed to troops and workers.

Tommy

[tom-ee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a male given name, form of Thomas.
Also Tommie, Tommye. a female given name, form of Thomasina.

tommy

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ /

noun

Also called: Tommy Atkins.��informal��(often capital) a private in the British Army

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tommy¹

First recorded in 1775–85; by shortening

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tommy¹

C19: originally Thomas Atkins, a name representing a typical private in specimen forms; compare _tom ¹

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Ohtani last pitched in 2023 when he was still playing for the Angels, and he didn’t pitch in his first season for the Dodgers last year as he recovered from his second Tommy John surgery.

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“It was crazy,” Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman said.

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He underwent Tommy John surgery in September 2023, only hitting in his first season with the Dodgers.

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Sweden's Ludvig Aberg and England's Tommy Fleetwood are also heading home, finishing at eight over and nine over respectively.

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Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick battled to four over, while fellow Englishman and 2013 champion Justin Rose closed with a double bogey in his 77.

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Tommasini Tommy Atkins

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