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POMMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pommy mean?
• POMMY (noun)
The noun POMMY has 1 sense:
1. a disparaging term for a British person
Familiarity information: POMMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disparaging term for a British person
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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