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Tommy Atkins
Webster's Dictionary
Any white regular soldier of the British army; also, such soldiers collectively; - said to be fictitious name inserted in the models given to soldiers to guide them in filling out account blanks, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tommy Atkins'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tommy-atkins.html. 1828.