"tommy" meaning in English

See tommy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɑmi/ [General-American], /ˈtɒmi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-tommy.ogg Forms: tommies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒmi Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tommy (countable and uncountable, plural tommies)
  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Bread, generally a penny roll. Tags: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tommy-en-noun-gQaMBvDF Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 28 13 17 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 28 14 14 26
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) The supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance. Tags: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tommy-en-noun-GB0ypYOj Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 28 13 17 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 28 14 14 26
  3. (UK, slang, obsolete) A truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money. Tags: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tommy-en-noun-6kOtAtk8 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 28 13 17 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 28 14 14 26
  4. A tommy bar. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-tommy-en-noun-rETNL5I5 Disambiguation of Tools: 3 7 8 66 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 28 13 17 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 28 14 14 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: soft tommy

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɑmi/ [General-American], /ˈtɒmi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-tommy.ogg Forms: tommies [present, singular, third-person], tommying [participle, present], tommied [participle, past], tommied [past]
Rhymes: -ɒmi Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang, transitive Related terms: tommy cooker, tommy logge, tommy-rot, tommy ruff
    Sense id: en-tommy-en-verb-8l0p3eta Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 28 13 17 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 28 14 14 26

Inflected forms

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        "A tommy bar."
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