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tom

  [tom] ,
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–noun
1. the male of various animals, as the turkey.
2. a tomcat.
Origin:
1755–65; generic use of Tom
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Tom

  [tom] ,noun, verb, Tommed, Tom⋅ming.
–noun
1. Uncle Tom.
2. a male given name, form of Thomas.
–verb (used without object)
3. (often lowercase) to act like an Uncle Tom.
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tom   (tŏm)   
n.  The male of various animals, especially a male cat or turkey.

[Tom, nickname for Thomas.]
Tom   (tŏm)   
n.   Offensive
An Uncle Tom.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Tom

Tom\, n. 1. A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a man.

2. The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.

Tom

Tom\, n. The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : Tom
Spanish: vacío,
German: leer,
Japanese: からの
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Tom 
familiar shortening of masc. proper name Thomas, used by 1377 as a type of a nickname for a common man. Applied 17c. as a nickname for several exceptionally large bells. Short for Uncle Tom in the sense of "black man regarded as too servile to whites" is recorded from 1959. Tom Walker, U.S. Southern colloquial for "the devil" is recorded from 1833. Tom and Jerry is first attested 1828 in many extended senses, originally the names of the two chief characters (Corinthian Tom and Jerry Hawthorn) in Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (1821); the U.S. cat and mouse cartoon characters debuted 1940 in "Puss Gets the Boot." Tom Thumb (1579) was a miniature man in popular tradition before P.T. Barnum took the name for a dwarf he exhibited.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Tom

see every tom, dick, and harry; peeping tom.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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