Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)


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Tommy (Page: 1516)

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