Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tom and jerry n.2

[rhy. sl.; ult. see tom and jerry n.1 ]

1. a glass of sherry.

[Aus]Sun. Times (Perth) 16 Oct. 4/7: His crop was chilled by a ‘Tom-and-Jerry’.

2. a cherry.

[UK]Spitalfields Life 18 Nov. 🌐 ‘Tom and Jerry’ is cherries.