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Tom

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Tom  (tm)
n. Offensive
An Uncle Tom.

tom  (tm)
n.
The male of various animals, especially a male cat or turkey.

[Tom, nickname for Thomas.]

tom1
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology)
a.  the male of various animals, esp the cat
b.  (as modifier) a tom turkey
c.  (in combination) a tomcat
[special use of the shortened form of Thomas, applied to any male, often implying a common or ordinary type of person, etc.]

tom2
n
Austral and NZ a temporary supporting post
[from a specialized use of tom1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.TomTom - (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language
Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
2.Tomtom - male cat                            
domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis
gib - a castrated tomcat
3.Tomtom - male turkey                          
Meleagris gallopavo, turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
Translations
Tom [tɒm]
A. N (familiar form) of Thomas any Tom, Dick or Harryun fulano cualquiera
B. CPD Tom Thumb NPulgarcito

tom [tɒm] N (also tom cat) → gato m (macho)
tom [ˈtɒm] nmatou m
Tom
n dim of Thomas any Tom, Dick or Harry (inf)jeder x-Beliebige; you don’t have to invite every Tom, Dick and Harry (inf)du brauchst ja nicht gerade Hinz und Kunz einzuladen (inf); it’s not every Tom, Dick and Harry who can afford thisnicht jeder kann sich (dat)so was leisten

tom
n (= cat)Kater m

tom:
Tom Thumb
nder Däumling
tomtit
n(Blau)meise f
tom-tom
nTamtam nt
Tom [tɒm] n any Tom, Dick or Harrychiunque, il primo venuto
Tom [tɒm] n any Tom, Dick or Harrychiunque, il primo venuto
tom [tɒm] n (fam) → micio
tom [tɒm] n (fam) → micio


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If any bagman of that day could have caught sight of the little neck-or-nothing sort of gig, with a clay- coloured body and red wheels, and the vixenish, ill tempered, fast-going bay mare, that looked like a cross between a butcher's horse and a twopenny post-office pony, he would have known at once, that this traveller could have been no other than Tom Smart, of the great house of Bilson and Slum, Cateaton Street, City.
The baby Tom would claw anybody who came within reach of his nails, and pound anybody he could reach with his rattle.
Tom was by way of being the strong, silent man with a career to think of and no time for bothering about girls, but he saw that.
 
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