Tommy

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  • noun. A British soldier.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To enforce the tommy or truck system on; oppress or defraud by the tommy system.
  • noun. Originally, a penny roll; hence, bread; provisions; especially, goods given to a workman in lieu of wages.
  • noun. A tommy-shop.
  • noun. The system of paying workmen in goods in place of money; the truck system.
  • noun. A simple fellow.
  • noun. A tom-cat.
  • noun. A small round lever used to tighten round-headed screw-bolts that are perforated for this purpose.
  • noun. The puffin or sea-parrot, Fratercula arctica. See cut under puffin.
  • noun. Hence— A species of soft solder used in the jewelers' trade.
  • noun. [capitalized] Short for Tommy Atkins,' a nickname for the British private soldier.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
  • noun. A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money.
  • noun. Same as Tommy Atkins; -- a shortened form.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. bread, generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance
  • noun. A truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money.
  • Word Usage
    "First thing that comes to mind Who or what comes to mind when i say "tommy"? the only thing i can think of when i hear the word tommy is the song by brand new called"
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