Pommy

noun Pom·my \ˈpä-mē\

plural Pommies

Definition of POMMY

Australian & New Zealand usually disparaging

: briton; especially : an English immigrant

Pom·my or Pom·mie \ˈpä-mē\

by shortening & alteration from pomegranate, alteration of Jimmy Grant, rhyming slang for immigrant

First Known Use: 1912

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