Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, not comparable, sometimes)English; British.

    See citations at pommy.

Origin

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

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

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