英语词汇blind tom的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	blind tom
词源	Blind Tom. Baseball fans began calling umpires Blind Toms at about the turn of the century and the expression is still occa- sionally heard for the boys in blue. One theory has the often af- fectionate term originating with Old Blind Tom, a popular black musician in the post-Civil War era.
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