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tommy cooker

tommy cooker noun: a portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and II.

Noun

tommy cooker (plural tommy cookers)

  1. (archaic) A portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and II.
  2. (archaic, slang) The M4 Sherman tank, due to its likelihood to "brew up" and explode after being hit by German tank fire in World War II. Little to no contemporary evidence of this definition exists.

Forms of tommy cooker

pluraltommy cookers

Origin of tommy cooker

From tommy (“soldier”) + cooker.

Questions about tommy cooker

What does tommy cooker mean?
Tommy cooker means a portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and II.
What part of speech is tommy cooker?
Tommy cooker is a noun.
What is the plural of tommy cooker?
The plural of tommy cooker is tommy cookers.

Words near tommy cooker in the dictionary

  1. tommy bars
  2. tommy boy
  3. tommy boys
  4. tommy cod
  5. Tommy come tickle me
  6. tommy cooker
  7. tommy cookers
  8. Tommy Dodd
  9. Tommy Dodds
  10. tommy gun
  11. tommy gunner

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