tommy cooker

English

Etymology

From tommy (“soldier”) + cooker.

Pronunciation

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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.
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