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Word: Tom
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting an ordinary man, surviving in tomfool, tomboy, and the phrase Tom, Dick, and Harry): abbreviation of the given name Thomas. tom (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 18th century
tɒm
the male of various animals, especially a domestic cat.
Short Definition:male of various animals
a female prostitute.
Short Definition:female prostitute
a black man considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people.
Short Definition:black man considered too obedient to white people
Word: Tom
Speech Type: Verb
tɒm
work as a prostitute
Short Definition:work as prostitute
Examples:- Roscoe is tomming around now
(of a black person) behave in an excessively obedient or servile way
Short Definition:behave in very obedient or servile way
Examples:- it was insulting to hold out my hand and have a clerk bang the money down—I'd tommed again
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