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noun, plural tom·mies. British.
1.
(sometimes initial capital letter) Tommy Atkins.
2.
Slang. bread, especially brown bread, or rations, as formerly distributed to troops and workers.
Origin:
1775–85; by shortening
1775–85; by shortening
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Tommy
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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