What is Tommies?
1.
Tommies are people who are native of Toms River NJ and are the sworn enemy of bennies. Every summer they wage war with the
Benny: "How do you get to Seaside Heights?"
Tommy: "Go to Rt. 37, make a right and once you pass under the GSP and reach the hospital, you are almost there, just a few more miles past lakehurst, and the beach will be in front of you before you know it."
2.
pl., noun
offensive for english soldiers after WW2 in germany
verdammte Tommies, get out of our country!
3.
Slang -(n) 1. A derogatory term for a British Soldier. Most likely from World War I. 2. Tommy Atkins: Generic name for the "British" common soldier.
Movie U-571 (German sub being depth charged by an allied destroyer) "The Tommies are crapping all over us captian!"
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