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Noun: tom  tóm
  1. Male cat
    - tomcat
     
  2. Male turkey
    - turkey cock, gobbler, tom turkey
Noun: Tom  tóm
  1. [US, offensive] (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
     
  2. (informal) anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
    - Dick and Harry

Derived forms: toms, Toms

Type of: Black, Black person, cat, domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat, kitty, kitty-cat, Meleagris gallopavo, moggie [Brit], moggy [Brit], Negro, Negroid, puss, pussy, pussycat, turkey

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