hell and Tommy

noun

hell and Tommy

noun
1

UK, Dated, Slang Utter ruin or destruction.

  • If you refuse, there will be hell and Tommy.1900, Eyre Hussey, On Account of Sarah, page 219:
  • But Gurney gets beyond a joke, my boy, with his drinking and what not. We must have the blighter shifted out of this district for good, or it will be hell and Tommy for all of us.1932, John Brandane, Straw-feet, page 233:

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