Definition of Tomy

Definition of Tomy

Tom"my (?), n. 1. Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance. [Slang, Eng.]

2. A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money. [Slang, Eng.]

&fist; Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master, tommy-store, tommy-shop, etc.

Tom"my (?), n. 1. Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance. [Slang, Eng.]

2. A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money. [Slang, Eng.]

&fist; Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master, tommy-store, tommy-shop, etc.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

TOMMY. Soft Tommy, or white Tommy; bread is so called
by sailors, to distinguish it from biscuit. Brown Tommy:
ammunition bread for soldiers; or brown bread given to
convicts at the hulks.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

Variation of the man's name Thomas.
Colloquial name for a British soldier during the world wars.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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