(tom′ē) noun plural ·mies Slang
A roll; a loaf or piece of bread. [<brown Tommy <Tommy Brown, appar. a personification of brown bread]

(tom′ē) noun plural ·mies
Provisions or goods given instead of money in payment of wages; also, the system of paying workmen partly or entirely in kind. [Short for tommy–shop, a store run on the truck system]

(tom′ē) noun plural ·mies
A Tommy Atkins; a British soldier: also Tom′my. [Short for TOMMY ATKINS]

(tom′ē)
Diminutive of THOMAS.