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pommies

pommies is the plural of pommy.

pommies is the plural of pommie.

Meaning of pommy

Noun

pommy (plural pommies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, often) A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
    • Though Sir Oswald had taken on enough London veneer to be sneered at as a pommy in certain Australian circles, he had never acquired the high-class Englishman′s apparent equanimity or indifference before the prospect of cuckolding.1931, Miles Franklin, Back to Bool Bool, page 140

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Meaning of pommie

Noun

pommie (plural pommies)

  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

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Noun capitalized: Pommies

Pommies

  1. (plural) plural of Pommy

Questions about pommies

What is pommies the plural of?
Pommies is the plural of pommy.
What part of speech is pommies?
Pommies is a noun.

Words near pommies in the dictionary

  1. pommie washes
  2. Pommie-basher
  3. Pommie-bashers
  4. Pommier
  5. Pommiers
  6. pommies
  7. pommy
  8. Pommy-basher
  9. Pommy-bashers
  10. Pommyland
  11. pommé

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