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What does every Tom **** and Harry mean? ?

I  was just  wondering  where did that phrase came from or originated from? I always here people use it 

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  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    It is so old there is no historical record of it's true origin

  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    Not what 'every John Thomas and Harry D i c k' means, though one could use it as a synecdoche to mean exactly what 'every Tom, D i c k, and Harry' means, like, 'I asked every Tom, D i c k and Harry in there if he'd...' and 'I asked every John Thomas and Harry D i c k in there if he'd...' would mean the same thing, albeit possibly with different effect, like maybe 'there' is a men's changing room.

  • 4 weeks ago

    It's an old British saying. It's basically just three common English informal names used to mean any random person.

  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    It is a term for anybody/everybody.

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