Pommy Definition
pämē
pommies
noun
pommies
A British person.
Webster's New World
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory) A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
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Synonyms:
adjective
British.
Webster's New World
Origin of Pommy
Shortening and alteration of pomegranate, Pummy Grant alterations of Jimmy Grant probably rhyming alteration of immigrant
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From pom +"Ž -y (“diminutive suffix"). Australian from 1912.
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