English Explanatory Dictionary

Tom Sawyer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a popular 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a young boy growing up in the Antebellum South on the Mississippi River.
verb
  1. To convince someone to volunteer, especially to do something which one should do oneself.

Word forms

Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyers Tom Sawyering Tom Sawyered

Etymology

The verb is a reference to the title character of the novel.

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