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tom, dick, and harry

Tom, Dick, and Harry
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Definitions of tom, dick, and harry words

  • noun tom, dick, and harry the ordinary person; people generally; everyone: They invited every Tom, Dick, and Harry to the party. 1
  • noun tom, dick, and harry an ordinary, undistinguished, or common person (esp in the phrases every Tom, Dick, and Harry; any Tom, Dick, or Harry) 0
  • noun tom, dick, and harry everyone or anyone; people taken at random 0
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Origin of tom, dick, and harry

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15

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Parts of speech for Tom, dick, and harry

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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tom, dick, and harry popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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