Meanings
nounhell and Tommy (uncountable)
- UKdatedslanguncountableUtter ruin or destruction.
If you refuse, there will be hell and Tommy.
1900, Eyre Hussey, On Account of Sarah, page 2191 more example
But Gurney gets beyond a joke, my boy, with his drinking and what not. We must have the blighter shifted out of this district for good, or it will be hell and Tommy for all of us.
1932, John Brandane, Straw-feet, page 233
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