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POMMY

• POMMY (noun)
The noun POMMY has 1 sense:

1. a disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand

Familiarity information: POMMY used as a noun is very rare.

• POMMY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pom; pommy

Hypernyms ("pommy" is a kind of...):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

Domain region:

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

New Zealand (an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery)

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