Definition of ten pound pom in English:

ten pound pom

noun

Australian, NZ informal, historical

A British immigrant whose passage was heavily subsidized by the Australian and New Zealand governments, under the Assisted Passage Scheme operating between 1945 and 1982.
I'd been working in Mooroopna for a year or so, having arrived as a ten pound pom
Example sentencesExamples
- The level of British migration is at its highest since New Zealand ended a policy of assisted passages for settlers known as ten pound poms.
- The proposal has met a frosty reception from long-time British residents, especially the so-called ten pound poms who came to Australia under the Assisted Passage Scheme.
- Before arriving in Australia as one of the last of the ten pound poms, I grew up in a typical English industrial city.
- In 1961, he became one of the ten pound poms who travelled to Australia on a government-subsidized boat passage.
- Having a ten pound pom for a Dad has certain affects on an Aussie child.
- He arrived in the great sunburned land down under as what was known then as a ten pound pom.
- He spoke of poetry and emigration to New Zealand as a ten pound pom, his discovery of marching girls, local verse, and suburban dreariness.
- Today, the ten pound poms looking for a new life have been replaced by international sophisticates sipping martinis in this stunningly lit bar.
- Her family left Wales as ten pound poms when she was struck down with pneumonia at the age of five.
- The ten pound poms left in their droves for Australia, enticed by subsidised travel and settlement.

Origin

1940s: from the fare which immigrants paid + Pom².

单词	ten pound pom
释义	Definition of ten pound pom in English: ten pound pom noun Australian, NZ informal, historical A British immigrant whose passage was heavily subsidized by the Australian and New Zealand governments, under the Assisted Passage Scheme operating between 1945 and 1982. I'd been working in Mooroopna for a year or so, having arrived as a ten pound pom Example sentencesExamples The level of British migration is at its highest since New Zealand ended a policy of assisted passages for settlers known as ten pound poms. The proposal has met a frosty reception from long-time British residents, especially the so-called ten pound poms who came to Australia under the Assisted Passage Scheme. Before arriving in Australia as one of the last of the ten pound poms, I grew up in a typical English industrial city. In 1961, he became one of the ten pound poms who travelled to Australia on a government-subsidized boat passage. Having a ten pound pom for a Dad has certain affects on an Aussie child. He arrived in the great sunburned land down under as what was known then as a ten pound pom. He spoke of poetry and emigration to New Zealand as a ten pound pom, his discovery of marching girls, local verse, and suburban dreariness. Today, the ten pound poms looking for a new life have been replaced by international sophisticates sipping martinis in this stunningly lit bar. Her family left Wales as ten pound poms when she was struck down with pneumonia at the age of five. The ten pound poms left in their droves for Australia, enticed by subsidised travel and settlement. Origin 1940s: from the fare which immigrants paid + Pom².
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