tommy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tom=my

CIDE DICTIONARY

tommy, n. 

•  Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.  [1913 Webster]
•  A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money.  [1913 Webster]

  " Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master, tommy-store,tommy-shop,etc."  [1913 Webster]
•  Same as Tommy Atkins; -- a shortened form.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tommy, n. (pl. -ies) colloq. a British private soldier.

Etymology

Tommy (Thomas) Atkins, a name used in specimens of completed official forms

THESAURUS

tommy

Anzac, Aussie, Boche, Fritz, GI, Heinie, Hun, Jerry, Johnny, Kraut, Yank, askari, digger, doughboy, jock, poilu, redcoat, sepoy, swaddy