tommy axetommy axn.

Brit.

/ˈtɒmɪ aks/, U.S.

/ˈtɑmi ˌæks/, Australian English

/ˈtɔmi æks/, New Zealand English

/ˈtɒmi ɛks/

Forms: see tommy n.³ and axe n.¹

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or perhaps (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English tommyhawk , tomahawk n., axe n.¹; tom-axe n.

Etymology: Either < tommy- (in tommyhawk, variant of tomahawk n.) + axe n.¹, or perhaps an alteration of tom-axe n., after the male forename Tommy (see Tommy n.¹). Compare later tommy n.³

†1. A North American Indian weapon typically resembling a hatchet or small axe, used for combat, hunting, and as a tool; a tomahawk. Cf. tom-axe n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > axe > [noun] > hatchet

hatcheta1350

tomahawk1803

tommy axe1837

tommy1873

tom-axe1988

1837 F. H. Baddeley Rep. in App. Jrnls. House of Assembly Upper Canada 13th Parl. 1st Sess. No. 37. 20/1 Indians..contenting themselves for firing with the smaller ones [sc. trees], for cutting which their tommyaxes are better adapted.

2. Australian and New Zealand. A small axe, a hatchet. Cf. tommy n.³

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] > small

adzeeOE

hatcheta1350

chip axe1371

chipping axec1425

hack-chip1440

hatcha1533

plane-axe1611

planing axe1611

hand-axe1790

hack iron1831

tommy axe1848

tommy1873

Pulaski1924

1848 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Austral.) 15 Apr. The boatmen immediately put the tommy-axe into use.

1880 Akaroa (N.Z.) Mail 2 Mar. Tommy axes, 3s 9d each.

1900 R. Bruce Benbonuna (1904) xxv. 289 Give him a tommyaxe an' a blankit when he's wiped out some poor cove.

1939 X. Herbert Capricornia (new ed.) xxii. 328 Cutting a strip of bark from the tree with the tommy-axe.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai 145 He would chop its head off neatly with a tommy-axe.

2007 R. L. Ginibi All my Mob 23 She got us bunya nuts from the bunya pine trees and broke them up with a tommy axe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tommy axe
释义	tommy axetommy axn. Brit. /ˈtɒmɪ aks/, U.S. /ˈtɑmi ˌæks/, Australian English /ˈtɔmi æks/, New Zealand English /ˈtɒmi ɛks/ Forms: see tommy n.³ and axe n.¹ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or perhaps (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English tommyhawk , tomahawk n., axe n.¹; tom-axe n. Etymology: Either < tommy- (in tommyhawk, variant of tomahawk n.) + axe n.¹, or perhaps an alteration of tom-axe n., after the male forename Tommy (see Tommy n.¹). Compare later tommy n.³ †1. A North American Indian weapon typically resembling a hatchet or small axe, used for combat, hunting, and as a tool; a tomahawk. Cf. tom-axe n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > axe > [noun] > hatchet hatcheta1350 tomahawk1803 tommy axe1837 tommy1873 tom-axe1988 1837 F. H. Baddeley Rep. in App. Jrnls. House of Assembly Upper Canada 13th Parl. 1st Sess. No. 37. 20/1 Indians..contenting themselves for firing with the smaller ones [sc. trees], for cutting which their tommyaxes are better adapted. 2. Australian and New Zealand. A small axe, a hatchet. Cf. tommy n.³ ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] > small adzeeOE hatcheta1350 chip axe1371 chipping axec1425 hack-chip1440 hatcha1533 plane-axe1611 planing axe1611 hand-axe1790 hack iron1831 tommy axe1848 tommy1873 Pulaski1924 1848 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Austral.) 15 Apr. The boatmen immediately put the tommy-axe into use. 1880 Akaroa (N.Z.) Mail 2 Mar. Tommy axes, 3s 9d each. 1900 R. Bruce Benbonuna (1904) xxv. 289 Give him a tommyaxe an' a blankit when he's wiped out some poor cove. 1939 X. Herbert Capricornia (new ed.) xxii. 328 Cutting a strip of bark from the tree with the tommy-axe. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai 145 He would chop its head off neatly with a tommy-axe. 2007 R. L. Ginibi All my Mob 23 She got us bunya nuts from the bunya pine trees and broke them up with a tommy axe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1837
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