TOMMY
\tˈɒmi], \tˈɒmi], \t_ˈɒ_m_i]\
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By Noah Webster.
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tom'i, n. a penny roll, bread, provisions: the system of giving food as part wages.--v.t. to oppress 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.
By Thomas Davidson
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