Tommy Atkins
/ˌtɒmi ˈætkɪnz/
/ˌtɑːmi ˈætkɪnz/
- the name used by people to refer to the average British soldier in the 19th and early 20th centuries
- While the senior officers had comfortable beds, poor Tommy Atkins slept in the trenches.
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