tommy

English Online Dictionary. What means tommy‎? What does tommy mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒmi/
• Rhymes: -ɒmi
• Hyphenation: tom‧my

Noun

tommy (countable and uncountable, plural tommies)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Bread, generally a penny roll.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) The supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
3. (UK, slang, obsolete) A truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money.
4. A tommy bar.

Usage notes

• Often used adjectivally or in compounds: tommy master, tommy-store, tommy-shop, etc.

Derived terms

• soft tommy

Verb

tommy (third-person singular simple present tommies, present participle tommying, simple past and past participle tommied)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete, transitive) To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.

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