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   What is Tommyrot noun?

   • Definition of tommyrot noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are silly or not true synonym nonsense The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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   When was tommyrot first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun tommyrot is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for tommyrot is from 1880, in the Sporting Times. Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tommy, rot n.1

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   What does Tommy Rot mean?

   • Truck comes from the French "troquer" meaning "to barter". From this origin came the 'truck system' from which 'tommy rot' arose. : : That's a load of 'tommy rot' is a way of describing poor quality goods or ideas. The tommy in this instance is said to be slang for bread, provisions etc.

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   What is the difference between tummy and Tommy?

   • "Tummy" is, of course, baby talk for "stomach," and "tommy" appears unrelated. Oxford English Dict.: "A soldiers' name for the brown bread formerly supplied as rations (also 'brown tommy'); . . . a loaf of bread (dial.); among workmen, food, provisions generally, esp. those carried with them to work each day. . . .

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   The earliest known use of the noun tommyrot is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for tommyrot is from 1880, in the Sporting Times. Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tommy, rot n.1. See etymology.

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   : : To have no truck with someone means to have no dealings with them. Truck comes from the French "troquer" meaning "to barter". From this origin came the 'truck system' from which 'tommy rot' arose. : : That's a load of 'tommy rot' is a way of describing poor quality goods or ideas.

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   Definition of tommyrot noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Definitions of tommyrot. noun. pretentious or silly talk or writing. synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tosh, twaddle. see more.

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   A complete guide to the word "TOMMYROT": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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   Noun. tommyrot (usually uncountable; pl. tommyrots) nonsense, rot. 1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century, Faber and Faber (1967), p 154. My brothers, on the other hand, considered that my talents were overrated. Putting it plainly, they told me that what I wrote was tommy-rot. Dictionary entries. Quote, Rate & Share. Cite this page: