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5. tome
A reference-style book, sometimes part of a series. Usually large and perhaps an exhaustive reference.
"Sex for Dummies" is a humorous tome of information.
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1. tome
good, excellent, cool
he's a tome sham,

them tunes is tome
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2. tome
a big, heavy, old, or ancient book.

in fact just any book, but book implies an average sort of book, whereas the word tome implies a big, heavy, old or ancient book. possibly an important or signifigant one.

The wizard opened his creaky, leather-bound tome of magic, and began to cast a spell.
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3. tome
attractive, W.Ireland. Possible Gaelic origin. Usually uttered by a man in reference to a woman.
John: Look at your wan, she's pure tome, like!

4. Tome
A very common adjective used in western Ireland. Meaning awesome, cool, amazing.
Ah lads, that's so tome!
6. Tome
Main character of the book "The Lucky Tome". Completely average in all ways other than his great running away talent, and his abnormal, and sometimes unfortunate good luck.
That Tome is a pretty ambitious guy, no wonder he gets into so much trouble.
7. tome
An overly large and dense piece of writing.
"Though 'On The Road' by Kerouac is regarded as a milestone in literature, it's a bit of a tome."
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