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ten pound poms

ten pound poms is the plural of ten pound pom.

Meaning of ten pound pom

Noun

ten pound pom (plural ten pound poms)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) An assisted immigrant to Australia or New Zealand from Britain, from the decades following World War II.
    • Under the slogan “Populate or Perish”, the government reintroduced assisted passages from Britain - the “ten-pound-poms” - also accepting substantial numbers of European refugees.2004, Margo Daly, Alison Cowan, Adrian Proszenko, The Rough Guide to Sydney, page 323

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Noun capitalized: ten pound Poms

ten pound Poms

  1. (plural) plural of ten pound Pom

Questions about ten pound poms

What is ten pound poms the plural of?
Ten pound poms is the plural of ten pound pom.
What part of speech is ten pound poms?
Ten pound poms is a noun.

Words near ten pound poms in the dictionary

  1. ten piece
  2. ten points for Gryffindor
  3. ten points from Gryffindor
  4. ten points to Gryffindor
  5. ten pound pom
  6. ten pound poms
  7. ten pound tourist
  8. ten pound tourists
  9. ten sack
  10. ten sacks
  11. ten thousand

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