n. [capitalized] Short for Tommy Atkins,' a nickname for the British private soldier.n. Originally, a penny roll; hence, bread; provisions; especially, goods given to a workman in lieu of wages.n. A tommy-shop.n. The system of paying workmen in goods in place of money; the truck system.n. A simple fellow.n. A tom-cat.n. A small round lever used to tighten round-headed screw-bolts that are perforated for this purpose.n. The puffin or sea-parrot, Fratercula arctica. See cut under puffin.n. Henceā A species of soft solder used in the jewelers' trade.To enforce the tommy or truck system on; oppress or defraud by the tommy system.