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 Tom Foolery.Tom Raw. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Tom Long.
 
Waiting for Tom Long—i.e. a wearisome long time. The pun, of course, is on the word long.   1
 


 Tom Foolery.Tom Raw. 

 
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