2. A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money. [Slang, Eng.]
Note: Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master, tommy-store,tommy-shop,etc.
TOMMY ATKINS
Tom"my At"kins.
Defn: Any white regular soldier of the British army; also, such soldiers collectively; — said to be fictitious name inserted in the models given to soldiers to guide them in filling out account blanks, etc.
TOMNODDY
Tom"nod`dy, n. Etym: [Tom (see Tomboy) + noddy.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A sea bird, the puffin. [Prov.Eng.]
2. A fool; a dunce; a noddy.
TOMOPTERIS
To*mop"te*ris, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.