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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? #8505 10/20/2000 6:43 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England Smith...also used to mean a Mister Everyman - a bit like "John Doe" in the US, perhaps? Only I feel sure that's an invented name rather than one that was genuinely common at some point in time. More "any man" than "every man". Is that a valid supposition? I wonder what a modern equivalent for Tom, Dick and Harry would be. Actually, I dread to think! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? scottrm 10/19/2000 7:19 PM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? paulb 10/20/2000 10:44 AM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? scottrm 10/20/2000 12:50 PM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? RhubarbCommando 10/20/2000 1:27 PM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? belMarduk 10/20/2000 3:16 PM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? FishonaBike 10/20/2000 6:43 PM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? xara 10/20/2000 9:59 PM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? paulb 10/21/2000 10:26 AM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? FishonaBike 10/23/2000 1:00 PM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? Marty 10/22/2000 8:10 PM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? belMarduk 10/22/2000 8:13 PM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? Jackie 10/23/2000 12:10 AM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? maverick 10/20/2000 11:40 AM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? Bingley 10/23/2000 4:57 AM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? jmh 10/23/2000 6:10 AM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? Bingley 10/23/2000 6:55 AM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? shanks 10/23/2000 9:17 AM Re: Origin of "Tom, Dick and Harry"? tsuwm 10/20/2000 3:53 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,328 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,171 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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