D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tommy Atkins

/täm'-ē ăt'-kĭnz/ · Tom·my At·kins · IPA
01 prop. n. Any white regular soldier of the British army; also, such soldiers collectively; -- said to be fictitious name inserted in the models given…
  1. 1.
    Any white regular soldier of the British army; also, such soldiers collectively; -- said to be fictitious name inserted in the models given to soldiers to guide them in filling out account blanks, etc.