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  • proper noun The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a popular 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a young boy growing up in the Antebellum South on the Mississippi River.
  • verb To convince someone to volunteer, especially to do someone which one should do oneself.

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Examples

  • I got a gig playing mando for a school production of the musical 'Tom Sawyer' - a little-known show that was on Broadway briefly in 2000, I understand.

    Mandolin Cafe News 2009

  • " "David Copperfield", "You don't know about me unless you have read a book by the name of 'Tom Sawyer' . . .

    The Hazards of Fairyland Frank Cottrell Boyce 2011

  • Talented cast carries 'Tom Sawyer' musical "Tom Sawyer" at Lakewood Playhouse has all of the charm but none of the bite that has made Mark Twain an enduring favorite for almost 150 years.

    WN.com - Articles related to CBS Films tries to make a mark 2010

  • And the sequels are called Tom Sawyer, Detective and Tom Sawyer, Abroad.

    The United States of Huck 2004

  • And the sequels are called Tom Sawyer, Detective and Tom Sawyer, Abroad.

    Lance Mannion: 2004

  • It more properly belongs with "Tom Sawyer," "Life on the Mississippi" and "Huckleberry Finn" — great books about America for which Twain drew deeply on his own experience.

    A Mississippian Flood 2010

  • It more properly belongs with "Tom Sawyer," "Life on the Mississippi" and "Huckleberry Finn" — great books about America for which Twain drew deeply on his own experience.

    A Mississippian Flood 2010

  • You know, those guys who hear the name Geoffrey Rush and immediately shout, Dude, 'Tom Sawyer'?

    Hugh Jackman had to turn down the Oscar hosting job. Here are five other options. Jen Chaney 2010

  • Below lies a video we stumbled upon yesterday: Rush's otherwise insufferable "Tom Sawyer," pitched down into some truly sinister prog-rock molasses.

    Riffs: Does all music sound better slowed down? 2010

  • It more properly belongs with "Tom Sawyer," "Life on the Mississippi" and "Huckleberry Finn" — great books about America for which Twain drew deeply on his own experience.

    A Mississippian Flood 2010

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