10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOM, DICK, AND HARRY»
Discover the use of
Tom, Dick, and Harry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Tom, Dick, and Harry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tom,
Dick and Harry: A Comedy
Unfortunately, Tom's brother Dick, who has stashed boxes of smuggled brandy and cigarettes in the house, and his brother Harry, who is in possession of a cadaver, hopelessly complicate the visit.
Ray Cooney, Michael Cooney, 2007
There some moments of drama, amusingly told, such as when our hero is unwittingly involved in almost blowing the school up! The story is filled with amusing events and a sure winner with young readers as well as their parents.
3
Cheerio
Tom,
Dick and Harry: Despatches from the Hospice of ...
And whatever happened to Tom, Dick, and Harry, not to mention all those other folk who provided such excellent conversational shorthand? Filled with entertaining vignettes and intriguing etymology, this collection is a hospice th.
4
Parris Electoral Conjectures
and Governance in Guyana
Another is that the candidate would be ill-advised to consider Harry more
important than Dick because Harry controls 67% more votes than Dick! tom, Dick,
and Harry merit equally strong lobbying by the candidate because they are of
equal ...
5
Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An ...
Tom, Dick, and Harry Mountain, Oregon Believe it or not, it took a while for this
three-peaked mountain to gain its generic name. Some folks were calling it Tom,
Dick, and Harry Mountain as far back as the turn of the previous century, but for ...
We have so far stuck with two-term lists, but of course there are three-term lists,
four—term lists, 'Tom, Dick, and Harry', 'Tom, Dick, Harry, and Roger', and so on
ad infinitum. This variation in the length of lists causes a descriptive problem, ...
Alex Oliver, Timothy Smiley, 2013
7
Perspectives on Self-deception
Take any Tom, Dick, and Harry. Let Tom be the deceiver, Dick be the one the
deception is about, and Harry be the victim. Tom believes that Dick is innocent of
a certain wrong-doing. Harry believes Dick is guilty. Tom is unable to produce ...
Brian P. McLaughlin, Amélie Rorty, 1988
And, later, if she rapped at Harry's door, she was answered by a chorus of three,
who were celebrating Hal's arrival at Tom's sideboard; and that was the way Tom,
Dick and Harry passed their off hours, when the stupid business streets were ...
Arthur Wellington Brayley, Arthur Wilson Tarbell, Joe Mitchell Chapple, 1907
And, later, if she rapped at Harry's door, she was answered by a chorus of three,
who were celebrating Hal's arrival at Tom's sideboard; and that was the way Tom,
Dick and Harry passed their off hours, when the stupid business streets were ...
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You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation
and Its Allies
Slightly more tricky, though still far from difficult, is the punctuation of word-groups
, such as: Jack and Jill, like Tom, Dick and Harry, and John Doe and Richard Roe
, form units in the popular mind. That example presents no difficulty. Less easy ...