Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Tommy Shop

Where wages are paid to workmen who are expected to lay out a part of the money for the good of the shop. Tommy means bread or a penny roll, or the food taken by a workman in his handkerchief; it also means goods in lieu of money. A Tom and Jerry shop is a low drinking-room.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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