Definition of tommy Tommy

/tɑˈmi/ - [tamee] - tom•my

We found 5 definitions of tommy from 4 different sources.

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What does tommy mean?

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  • tommy (Noun)
    Tommy Atkins ; a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tommy (n.)
    Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
  • tommy (n.)
    A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • tommy
    tom′i, n. a penny roll, bread, provisions: the system of giving food as part wages.—v.t. to oppress by the tommy or truck-system.—ns. Tomm′y-shop, a truck-shop; Tom′-nod′dy, the puffin or sea-parrot: a fool.—Tommy Atkins, or Tomm′y, a generic name for the English private soldier.—Soft tommy, soft bread, as opposed to hard tack or sea-biscuit

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • 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.

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