Tommy

tom′i, n. a penny roll, bread, provisions: the system of giving food as part wages.— v.t. to oppre by the tommy or truck-system.— ns. Tomm′y-shop , a truck-shop; Tom′-nod′dy , the puffin or sea-parrot: a fool.— Tommy Atkins , or Tomm′y , a generic name for the English private soldier.— Soft tommy , soft bread, as opposed to hard tack or sea-biscuit.