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Listen to native speakers pronounce “tommy” as a verb in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.
Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins, a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.
“Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?" But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll”
Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins, a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.
“May was in New Zealand when war broke out, and immediately left for France, where she worked in a military hospital in a converted high school in Marseilles. Writing home, she said that the French officers were said to be 'fussy' so she was glad to be nursing the Tommies (meaning French rank and file): 'they are brave and good, and patient, and such grateful patients. They are helpful to each other, and take such an interest in their fellow sufferers.'”
To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.