"Poor Tom" meaning in All languages combined

See Poor Tom on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Poor Toms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Poor Tom (plural Poor Toms)
  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man. Tags: UK, obsolete Synonyms: Abraham man [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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