toc emma

noun

Trench mortar.

First used 20th c.
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Meanings

nountoc emma (plural toc emmas)

plural toc emmas · alternative toch emma · alternative tock emma

  1. historicalslanggovernmentTrench mortar.First known use 20th c.

    'Field artillery?' 'No. Toc-emmas.' He was referring to trench-mortars.

    2010, Rebecca Wilby, In Different Skies, page 180
    1 more example

    After dark the toch-emmas are going to break the Boche wire and we'll cut a passage in ours.

    1928, RC Sherriff, Journey's End

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
trench mortar

Origin

Telecommunications abbreviation of TM.

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APA

toc emma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toc%20emma

MLA

“toc emma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toc%20emma. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toc emma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toc%20emma.

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