1916 T. Skeyhill Soldier Songs from Anzac 15 'E climbs up stunted pine-trees, An' snipes away at us. But 'e never shows 'is pozzy.

1916 Anzac Bk. 102 His mates used to take a mean advantage of his good nature, and would shunt all the work, such as sweeping out the ‘possie’, or trenches, on to him.

1919 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 10 Jan. 284/2 In the small hours we reached our next ‘possie’—a shell-torn gully near Pusieux.

1926 ‘J. Doone’ Timely Tips for New Australians Gloss. Possie, a slang contraction of the word position which denotes a place. A job.

1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder xxi. 238 Messing about on the scene of the crime... She's going to find herself in a very, very uncomfortable..pozzy, is Miss Caroline.

1941 K. Tennant Battlers xxvii. 301 Going to get a possie in the cannery?

1956 D. M. Davin Sullen Bell 47 ‘I've brought a picnic,’ he said. ‘So you watch out for a nice little pozzy while a good husband keeps his eyes on the road.’

1962 E. Salter Voice of Peacock vii. 77 He couldn't have fallen into a possy like that by himself.

1971 N.Z. Listener 19 Apr. 56/5 They found a possie in a bit of a trog and boiled-up.

1987 S. Eldred-Grigg Oracles Miracles vi. 115 We'd find a possy in the midst of all the rest of the huge black gloomy crowd, and we'd watch the war veterans march past.

2004 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 29 Dec. 44 Geelong becomes a mad frontrunners' track... It favours horses good enough to take up a forward possie.

1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 25 Oct. 149/2 We were ‘possied’ some distance in rear of the front line.

1963 Sunday Mirror (Sydney) 20 Jan. 43/2 Gilli, with Mulley apparently ‘curling the mo’ was possied behind them for his challenge.