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Tom, Dick or Harry

Tom, Dick or Harry is the alternative form of Tom.

Meaning of Tom

Noun (1)

Tom (plural Toms)

  1. (US, rare, numismatic slang) A United States two-dollar bill.
    • Toms: two-dollar bills bearing the portrait of President Thomas Jefferson[1981, Ralph DeSola, Abbreviations Dictionary, expanded international 6th edition, New York, N.Y.: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 804, column 2

Noun (2)

Tom (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic, personification) Synonym of menstruation.
    • Sorry, maybe next week. Uncle Tom is visiting.
    Synonyms:
    menstruation

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Questions about Tom, Dick or Harry

What is Tom, Dick or Harry the alternative form of?
Tom, Dick or Harry is the alternative form of Tom.

Words near Tom, Dick or Harry in the dictionary

  1. tom yam kung
  2. tom yam pla
  3. tom yams
  4. tom yum
  5. Tom, Dick and Harry
  6. Tom, Dick or Harry
  7. Tom-and-Jerry shop
  8. Tom-and-Jerry shops
  9. Tom-and-Jerryish
  10. tom-cat
  11. tom-cats

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