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toc emma

toc emma noun: trench mortar.

Noun

toc emma (plural toc emmas)

  1. (historical, slang) Trench mortar.
    • After dark the toch-emmas are going to break the Boche wire and we'll cut a passage in ours.1928, RC Sherriff, Journey's End
    • 'Field artillery?' 'No. Toc-emmas.' He was referring to trench-mortars.2010, Rebecca Wilby, In Different Skies, page 180

Forms of toc emma

pluraltoc emmas
alternative formtoch emma
alternative formtock emma

Origin of toc emma

Telecommunications abbreviation of TM.

Questions about toc emma

What does toc emma mean?
Toc emma means trench mortar.
What part of speech is toc emma?
Toc emma is a noun.
What is the plural of toc emma?
The plural of toc emma is toc emmas.

Words near toc emma in the dictionary

  1. tobying
  2. tobyman
  3. tobymen
  4. Tobys
  5. TOC
  6. toc emma
  7. toc emmas
  8. Toca
  9. tocainide
  10. Tocal
  11. Tocalin

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