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Tommy Atkins
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Tom´my At´kins
prop. n.1.Any white regular soldier of the British army; also, such soldiers collectively; - said to be fictitious name inserted in the models given to soldiers to guide them in filling out account blanks, etc.


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The handbook also makes much of the decency of the French people and the greatness of the French nation, warning the British Tommies not to behave like jerks: What interested Frenchmen was, and is, France: they think that France is a very great country, with a great record of civilization--and they have every reason to think so.
Its title refers to the response commonly made by British Tommies to the German shout "Gott mit uns" (God is with us).
 
 
 
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