tommy

¹

[ tom-ee ]

noun

, British.

, plural tom·mies.

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) Tommy Atkins.
2. Slang. bread, especially brown bread, or rations, as formerly distributed to troops and workers.

Tommy

²

[ tom-ee ]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Thomas.
2. Also Tommie, Tommye. a female given name, form of Thomasina.

tommy

/ ˈtɒmɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   often capital a private in the British Army Also calledTommy Atkinsˈætkɪnz

Word History and Origins

Origin of tommy¹

First recorded in 1775–85; by shortening

Word History and Origins

Origin of tommy¹

C19: originally Thomas Atkins, a name representing a typical private in specimen forms; compare tom ¹

Example Sentences

Add Tommy and Billy, and you have a full team of teen supers.

From Time

Director Hayward, frustrated that his plans to resurrect Vision and turn him into a weapon have gone sideways, opens fire on Billy and Tommy.

From Vox

The legal argument for impeachment turns on a legal principle that Raskin said he discussed not long ago with Tommy, who had followed both his parents to Harvard Law School and was in the middle of his second year.

From Washington Post

The book follows Tommy and Tuppence, young English adventurers in the 1920s who set out to help an American millionaire find his missing cousin.

From Outside Online

There isn’t a generation of Celtics fans for whom Tommy’s presence hasn’t been felt.

From Washington Post

An escort who goes by the name of “Tommy” has experienced a wide variety of female clients.

From The Daily Beast

Tommy describes himself as more of the “boyfriend experience.”

From The Daily Beast

But Tommy, like many others, has been unable to obtain the documentation required by the State Department for the visa.

From The Daily Beast

Tommy first started teaching himself English when the U.S. Army came to Sinjar in 2003 in order to get a job with them.

From The Daily Beast

Tommy worked with American troops for two years starting in 2005.

From The Daily Beast

For she called him 'Tommy'; she was his mother; love, tenderness, and pity emanated from her like a cloud of perfume.

From Project Gutenberg

Here Master Tommy thought fit to try the strength of his lungs, and began squalling lustily.

From Project Gutenberg

As for Tommy, he went off in a free-and-easy sort of way, without any definite designs, in search of adventures.

From Project Gutenberg

Tommy Chitling hasnt won the point, and I went partners with him against the Artful and dum.

From Project Gutenberg

Tommy walked smartly up to her, despite the stern gaze of a suspicious policeman on the opposite side of the street.

From Project Gutenberg