"tommy cooker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-tommy cooker.ogg Forms: tommy cookers [plural]
Etymology: From tommy (“soldier”) + cooker. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tommy cooker (plural tommy cookers)
  1. (slang, military, archaic) The M4 Sherman tank, due to its likelihood to "brew up" and explode after being hit by German tank fire in World War II. Tags: archaic, slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-tommy_cooker-en-noun-kXe3VOpx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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