- a first name for boys, short for Thomas
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See Tom in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryany/every Tom, Dick or Harry
- (usually disapproving) any ordinary person rather than the people you know or people who have special skills or qualities
- We don't want any Tom, Dick or Harry using the club bar.
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