tommy Meaning, Definition & Usage

Tom"my noun
Definitions
  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