Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, often)A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.

    a disparaging term for a British person

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: pommies
Singularpommy
Pluralpommies

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a disparaging term for a British person:pom

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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