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.]
⇒ Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master, tommy-store,tommy-shop,etc.
© Webster 1913.