"Tom Sawyer" meaning in All languages combined

See Tom Sawyer on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: The verb is a reference to the title character of the novel. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Tom Sawyer
  1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a popular 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a young boy growing up in the Antebellum South on the Mississippi River. Categories (topical): American fiction, Fictional characters, Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-Tom_Sawyer-en-name-D~3WFJl3 Disambiguation of American fiction: 95 5 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 93 7 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5

Verb [English]

Forms: Tom Sawyers [present, singular, third-person], Tom Sawyering [participle, present], Tom Sawyered [participle, past], Tom Sawyered [past]
Etymology: The verb is a reference to the title character of the novel. Head templates: {{en-verb}} Tom Sawyer (third-person singular simple present Tom Sawyers, present participle Tom Sawyering, simple past and past participle Tom Sawyered)
  1. To convince someone to volunteer, especially to do something which one should do oneself.
    Sense id: en-Tom_Sawyer-en-verb-NHS0HVJ3

Inflected forms

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