Tommy

·noun A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money.

II. Tommy ·noun Bread, — generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.

tommy
Soft Tommy, or white Tommy; bread is so called by sailors, to distinguish it from biscuit. Brown Tom...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Tommy Atkins
·add. ·- Any white regular soldier of the British army; also, such soldiers collectively; — said to...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
tommy-axe
n. a popular corruption of the word Tomahawk (q.v.); it is an instance of the law ofHobson-Jobson. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
soft tommy
, or soft tack. Loaves of bread served out instead of biscuit. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
tommy cod
A very small variety of the Gadus morrhua, which mostly appears in the winter months; whence it is a...

The Sailor's Word-Book