TOM, DICK, AND HARRY


Meaning of TOM, DICK, AND HARRY in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized T&D&H

Etymology: from the names Tom (nickname for Thomas ), Dick (nickname for Richard ) & Harry (nickname for Henry )

: persons taken at random : the common run of humanity : everybody , everyone — often used with every and disparagingly

he hated the human race en masse, but truly loved Tom, Dick, and Harry — J.M.Barzun

the government draws it all out and pays it to Tom, Dick, and Harry for relief — J.T.Flynn

our columns thrown wide open for the views of every Tom, Dick, and Harry in the land — A.J.Russell

an incessant helper of every Tom, Dick, and Harry who is in need — Current Biography

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.