“What's your name?"
"Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer."
"That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?"
"Yes”

— Mark Twain, book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Source: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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