English Explanatory Dictionary

tommy cooker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and II.
  2. The M4 Sherman tank, due to its likelihood to "brew up" and explode after being hit by German tank fire in World War II. Little to no contemporary evidence of this definition exists.

Pronunciation

En-au-tommy cooker.ogg

Word forms

tommy cooker tommy cookers

Etymology

From tommy (“soldier”) + cooker.

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