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  2. Tom, Dick and Harry - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry" is a placeholder for unspecified people.[1] [2] The phrase most commonly occurs as "every Tom, Dick, and Harry", meaning everyone, and "any Tom, Dick, or Harry", meaning anyone, although Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable defines the term to specify "a set of nobodies; persons of no note".

  3. List of anatomy mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    a mnemonic to remember the contents of the Tarsal tunnel from anterior to posterior is "Tom, Dick and Harry". [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] or alternatively "Tom, Dick ( a nd v ery n ervous) Harry" if the a rtery, v ein, and n erve are included.

  4. List of terms referring to an average person - Wikipedia

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    Usable as a common word: Pierre-Paul-Jacques (with the meaning of "Someone"); [17] Random people (similar to Average John/Jane): Monsieur/Madame Tout-le-monde [citation needed] (Mr/Mrs Everyone), Untel/Unetelle (Mr/Mrs NoName; literally, “a such” and thus similar to the English “so-and-so”), [18] Madame Michu (only female), [19] (M./Mme) Tartempion (familiar and a little satirical); [20]

  5. Grammar Guy: Placeholder names for every Tom, Dick and Harry

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  6. John Q. Public - Wikipedia

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    The term Tom, Dick, and Harry is often used to denote multiple hypothetical persons. An equivalent term is Joe Public which is used in the United Kingdom . Roughly equivalent are the names Joe Blow , Joe Six-pack , and the nowadays rather less popular Joe Doakes and Joe Shmoe , the last of which implies a lower-class citizen (from the Yiddish ...

  7. Talk:Tom, Dick and Harry - Wikipedia

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    Any Tom, Dick or Harry, Any Tom, Harry or Dick. "Thomas, Richard, and Harold", Rowan Atkinson eulogy "About Tom, Dick and Harry", description of 1894 Talbot Baines Reed novel; A blog quoting a good-sounding 1955 work (that should be easily confirmed) that's done some hard research, e.g. finding a 1904 ref that quotes an 1815 one "Re: Tom, Dick ...

  8. The Dover Boys at Pimento University - Wikipedia

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    The entire cartoon is filled with puns on the Rover Boys series: The occurrences of the names Pimento, Cheddar, and Roquefort reflect the Rover Boys' old school of Colby Hall; Tom, Dick and Larry borrow their names from Tom, Sam and Dick Rover (as well as the generic names Tom, Dick and Harry), Dora Standpipe is named after Tom Rover's fiancée ...

  9. Tom Smothers, One-Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dead at 86 - AOL

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    In a sad announcement, Dick Smothers revealed on Tuesday that his brother and comedic partner, Tom Smothers, had succumbed to cancer at the age of 86."Tom was not only the loving older brother ...