tommy cooker

noun

A portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and II.

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Meanings

nountommy cooker (plural tommy cookers)

plural tommy cookers

  1. archaicgovernmentA portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and II.
  2. archaicslanggovernmentThe M4 Sherman tank, due to its likelihood to "brew up" and explode after being hit by German tank fire in World War II. Little to no contemporary evidence of this definition exists.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ronson

Origin

From tommy (“soldier”) + cooker.

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APA

tommy cooker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tommy%20cooker

MLA

“tommy cooker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tommy%20cooker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tommy cooker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tommy%20cooker.

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