tommy

¹

[tom-ee]

noun

British.

plural

tommies 

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 Tommie, Tommye. a female given name, form of Thomasina.

tommy

/ ˈtɒmɪ /

noun

1. Also called: Tommy Atkins. informal,  (often capital) a private in the British Army

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

Hetman said her son quit “cold turkey” but she testified the addiction remained enough of a concern that Skaggs wasn’t prescribed opioids after undergoing Tommy John surgery in August 2014.

From Los Angeles Times

Tommy Edman took a sinker the other way to put two aboard.

From Los Angeles Times

Up to that point, the two-way star had been making starts for the previous three months in his return from a second career Tommy John surgery.

From Los Angeles Times

A forthcoming Peaky Blinders film, set at the start of the war, will see Cillian Murphy reprise his role as gang leader Tommy Shelby.

From BBC

And in a rollocking two-batter sequence in the bottom of the third inning, the Dodgers broke the score wide open, with Teoscar Hernández hitting a three-run bomb moments before Tommy Edman went back-to-back with a solo shot.

From Los Angeles Times