Tom, Dick and Harry
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“Tom, Dick and Harry” is a placeholder phrase referring to several randomly-selected people, not necessarily three and not necessarily all men. “Every Tom, Dick and Harry” can refer to the general public. "Tom, Dick or Harry" is a song from the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me Kate.
Tom, Dick, and Harry were also the names given to three Galapagos Island tortoises brought back to England aboard the HMS Beagle by Charles Darwin as documented in his book, The Voyage of the Beagle.
[edit] In Popular Culture
- The phrase was used in the "Gaston Song" from Beauty and the Beast. "Harry" is replaced with "Stanley" to better fit the rhyme scheme.
[edit] See also
- Tom, Dick and Sally — British comic strip
- Zhang San, Li Si and Wang Wu — Chinese placeholder names.
- 3rd Rock from the Sun- the three main male characters were named Tom, Dick and Harry Solomon. (The female was named Sally, perhaps in reference to the comic strip.)
- Stalag Luft III as characterized in film as The Great Escape - The three tunnels were named Tom, Dick, and Harry.
- Tom, Dick & Harry Creative [1] - a graphic design company based in South Africa.
- Tom, Dick, and Harry are the names of three mountain peaks in the Cascade Range in Oregon, U.S.A.
