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tom⋅my

  [tom-ee]
–noun, plural -mies. British.
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) Tommy Atkins.
2. Slang. bread, esp. brown bread, or rations, as formerly distributed to troops and workers.
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Origin:
1775–85; by shortening
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Tom⋅my

  [tom-ee]
–noun
1. a male given name, form of Thomas.
2. Also, Tommie, Tommye. a female given name, form of Thomasina.
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tom·my also Tom·my   (tŏm'ē)   
n.   pl. tom·mies also Tom·mies Chiefly British
A British soldier.

[Short for Tommy Atkins, from Thomas Atkins, a name often used on sample forms.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Tommy 
"British soldier," 1884, from Thomas Atkins, since 1815 the sample name for filling in army forms. Tommy gun (1929) is short for Thompson gun (see Thompson). Soon extended to other types of sub-machine gun, especially those favored by the mob.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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