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Webster 1913 Edition
Tommy
Tom′my
,Noun.
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.]
☞ Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master, tommy-store,tommy-shop,etc.