Tommy
A diminutive of the male given name Thomas.
(uncommon relative to the male given name) A diminutive of the female given name Thomasina.
Tommy (plural Tommies)
(colloquial) Tommy Atkins; a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.
(by extension) Any common soldier; a member of the rank and file.
(rare, now historical) A lesbian.
• Tommy Atkins
tommy
(UK, slang, obsolete) bread, generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance
(UK, slang, obsolete) A truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money.
• Used adjectively or in compounds: tommy master, tommy-store, tommy-shop, etc.
tommy (third-person singular simple present tommies, present participle tommying, simple past and past participle tommied)
(UK, slang, obsolete, transitive) To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Note: Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master, tommy-store,tommy-shop,etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
