Tommy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tommy \Tom"my\, n.
     1. Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food
        carried by workmen as their daily allowance. [Slang,Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not


        money. [Slang, Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy
           master, tommy-store,tommy-shop,etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Same as {Tommy Atkins}; -- a shortened form. [Colloq.]
        [PJC]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "Tommy":
     Anzac, Aussie, Boche, Fritz, GI, Heinie, Hun, Jerry, Johnny, Kraut,
     Yank, askari, digger, doughboy, jock, poilu, redcoat, sepoy,
     swaddy