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单词 tom stiles
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Tom Stilesn.

Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s Tom a Styles, 1700s–1800s Tom a Stiles, 1800s Tom a' Stiles.

β. 1600s–1800s Tom Stiles, 1700s–1800s Tom Styles.

γ. 1700s–1800s Tom o' Stiles, 1700s–1800s Tom o' Stiles.

Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper name Tom, Stiles.
Etymology: < the male forename Tom (see Tom n.1) + the surname Stiles, probably as alteration of John a Stiles n. Compare earlier John a Nokes n.
Obsolete.
(A generic name for) a hypothetical ordinary or average man; spec. (a name given to) an anonymous (male) party in a legal action. Cf. John a Stiles n., John Doe n., Richard Roe n.In legal use frequently with John-a-Nokes, or a variant of this, as the name of the other party; cf. John a Nokes n.
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the world > people > person > man > [noun] > ordinary or average man
Richard Roe1593
Tom Stiles1681
John Doe1756
the man in the street1831
the next man1848
Everyman1901
the man on the Clapham omnibus1903
slob1910
John Citizen1918
average Joe1940
Joe Blow1941
Joe Public1942
Joe Doakes1943
Joe Soap1943
Joe Bloggs1969
Joe Sixpack1972
everyguy1976
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > fictitious name for
John a Nokesc1475
John a Stiles?1530
John Doe1648
Tom Stiles1681
Jane Doe1703
1681 Tryal S. Bethel 5 What if John an Oakes or Tom a StylesSwear and Hector, &c. shall Mr. Bethel Answer for that?
1685 J. Yonge Medicaster Medicatus To Rdr. There's not one thing, (errors excepted) in either of those his own, and the latter..might have been as truly said the labour, &c. of Tom. Stiles.
?1705 S. Tufton Hist. Faction 123 King William was no more than a Jack-a Nokes, or Tom-a-Stiles now.
1772 G. A. Stevens Songs Comic & Satyrical 246 From John o' Nokes to Tom o' Stiles, What is it all but Fooling?
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Nokes John-a-Nokes and Tom-a-Stiles.., fictitious names commonly used in law proceedings.
1832 Age 28 Oct. 351/2 He is a mere cipher in the Council, and has just as much right to be ranked amongst ministers, or admitted to their conferences as John-a'Nokes, or Tom-a'-Stiles.
1889 Essex Standard 9 Feb. 2/5 As long as a candidate, either for Parliament or County Council, has to go from cottage to cottage begging and praying John Nokes and Tom Stiles to vote for him,..the best men in the county will not come forward.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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