Tommy James and the Shondells

Tommy properNoun

— A diminutive of the en given name Thomas. — diminutive of Thomas

Tommy noun

— (colloquial) Tommy Atkins; a typical private in the British army; a British soldier. — (by extension) Any common soldier; a member of the rank and file. — (rare, now historical) A lesbian.

tommy noun

— (UK, slang, obsolete) bread, generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance — (UK, slang, obsolete) A truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money.

tommy verb

— (UK, slang, obsolete, transitive) To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.

James Proper noun

— James is a male given name. James is working on a report. — James is a surname.

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.