英语词汇“pommies”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

pommies

释义

pommy /pomˈi/ (Aust and NZ sl, often derogatory)

noun

(often shortened to pom) an immigrant from the British Isles
A British (esp English) person in general

adjective

British

ORIGIN: Origin obscure; perh from pomegranate, alluding to the colour of the immigrants' cheeks, or rhyming slang for jimmygrant, immigrant, or from the abbrev POME (Prisoner of Mother England) stamped on the shirts of early convict-settlers

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