tom : Idioms & Phrases

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Long tom

  • noun a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy
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  • . (a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of a vessel . (b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth . Western U.S. (c) (Zoöl.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Webster 1913

peeping tom

  • noun a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
    peeper; voyeur.
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sir tom stoppard

  • noun British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937)
    Thomas Straussler; Sir Tom Stoppard; Stoppard.
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tom and jerry

  • noun hot rum toddy with a beaten egg
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tom bradley

  • noun United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
    Bradley; Thomas Bradley.
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tom collins

  • noun tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
    collins.
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tom hanks

  • noun United States film actor (born in 1956)
    Hanks; Thomas J. Hanks.
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tom paine

  • noun American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)
    Paine; Thomas Paine.
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tom sawyer

  • noun the boy hero of a novel by Mark Twain
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tom stoppard

  • noun British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937)
    Thomas Straussler; Sir Tom Stoppard; Stoppard.
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tom thumb

  • noun an imaginary hero of English folklore who was no taller than his father's thumb
  • noun a very small person
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tom turkey

  • noun male turkey
    gobbler; turkey cock; tom.
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tom wolfe

  • noun United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931)
    Wolfe; Thomas Wolfe; Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr..
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tom-tom

  • noun any of various drums with small heads
    tenor drum.
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Tom"-tom` noun
Definitions
  1. See Tam-tam.
Webster 1913

uncle tom

  • noun (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
    Tom.
  • noun a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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whip-tom-kelly

Whip"-tom`-kel"ly noun
Etymology
So called in imitation of its notes.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
Webster 1913