tommy

¹ American  

[tom-ee] / ˈtɒm i /

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.

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Tommy ² American  

[tom-ee] / ˈtɒm i /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Thomas.

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

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tommy British  

/ ˈtɒmɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tommy

First recorded in 1775–85; by shortening

Example Sentences

The exhibition—which travels to the Denver Art Museum, the Portland Art Museum in Oregon and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.—tracks the evolution of contemporary indigenous art, beginning with an 1875 notebook of lively drawings of dancing, hunting and celebrating figures by Tommy McRae, commissioned by a white settler, and ending with works made in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tommy Dorsey’s “Blues No More” and “Ooh Hot Dog” by Gene Krupa and Anita O’Day are both different takes on the form, as is Sy Oliver’s gloriously cacophonous “Brotherly Jump,” which marshals the forces of the entire Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey orchestras playing together.

From The Wall Street Journal

Carlos Alcaraz stepped up his bid for a maiden Australian Open title with a masterclass to reach the quarter-finals on Sunday by dismissing the American Tommy Paul.

From Barron's

By that logic, we must remind you that the Surge has interviewed former football coach Tommy Tuberville.

From Slate

But world number three Tommy Fleetwood could only muster a 72 and made the cut on the number at one-over.

From Barron's