Miners who have been trapped in cave-ins and pound on the rocks for rescue. It is believed that the ghosts of these miners go on knocking in the mine shafts long after the victims have died.
This definition was the basis for Stephen King's bestselling book The Tommyknockers, only in his story it was aliens that had been trapped underground instead of miners. Not a bad book.
We went out to the old mine at midnight and heard the tommyknockers tapping from far below.
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In Stephen King's same name novel, it refers to humans transformed into gizmo-building alien slaves.
"Give a man an anal probe, and he is good for one test. Turn a man into a tommyknocker and he can make his own anal probes."
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Tommyknocker is one of the more successful DJ/producers of the hardcore/gabber scene in Europe
Tomasso Marra (Tommyknocker) was born in Italy on january the 20th 1977.
Tommyknocker starts his career in 1994 when he begins performing in some βillegalβ parties which are organized in Rome.
From β95 to β97 he collaborates with the βVirus staffβ of Freddy K, and he is Resident Dj of a few discotheques like β06β and after βOxygenβ (the first hardcore club of Rome).
Tommyknocker just spun some wicked tracks at that rave, man!
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British slang for a download site.
Reggie went to a tommyknocker to get some basic software for his PC.
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A term in which is used to name a homosexual. Being that tommy is a fairly generic name, you knock a tommy.
That guy seems cool, but I think he is a tommyknocker.
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A n00b who flames Tommy Tallarico cuz he speaks his mind.
Tommyknocker:"Tommy suXx0rz cuz he doesnt give 10's on JD"
ME:STFU TOMMYKNOCKER!!!
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Male breasts, man boobs, often covered with hair. Floppy, allowing the dude to easily pass the pencil test. Decidedly unattractive.
Joe: Look at the tommyknockers on that jogger!
Sue: Eww! He should at least put on a shirt before going out in public.
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Buffy: Ohmygawd! Our sweaty lawn guy has more cleavage than I do. His tommyknockers are bigger than my knockers!
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