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pommie en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /pɒmi/

Etymology

From pom + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912.

Meanings

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, not-comparable, sometimes) English; British.
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pommie wash · pom · pommie basher

pommie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /pɒmi/

Etymology

From pom + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912.

Meanings

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, colloquial, pejorative, sometimes) An English immigrant; a pom.
   • “It′ll be a long time before I do that,” the pilot said grimly. “She′s my Queen as well as yours, you know. I′m not a bloody Pommie.”[…]“Too right, it′s difficult,” the Australian said. And then he added, “All Pommies aren′t bloody. I used that as a kind of figure of speech.” 1953, Nevil Shute, In the Wet, published 2010, unnumbered page:
   • A Pommie. They were sending him to England to work with a Pommie. After all that he had done for this country they were shipping him off to a cold, rain-infested, windy little isle to work a case with a Pommie. 2005, Craig Zerf, Plob, page 234:
   • There are a lot of Pommies in Australia; travelling round, looking for work, and Dad reckoned you could pay them peanuts.[…]If Sissy couldn′t go back to school, I thought she should help out more, then we wouldn′t have to hire a Pommie house girl. 2011, Ali Lewis, Everybody Jam, unnumbered page:

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