Crossword clues for pommy
Wiktionary
a. (context Australia New Zealand South Africa sometimes pejorative English) English; British. n. (context Australia New Zealand South Africa derogatory English) A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
WordNet
n. a disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand [syn: pom]
Usage examples of "pommy".
Wild as the birds in the sun-drenched trees, their children skulked shyly behind the sulky wheels or scuttled for the protection of the woodheap while their parents yarned over cups of tea, swapped tall stories and books, promised to pass on vague messages to Hoopiron Collins or Brumby Waters, and told the fan tastic tale of the Pommy jackaroo on Gnarlunga.
It had been sheer bad luck that in the end she preferred the Pommy jackaroo whose more bizarre exploits were becoming bush legend.
A few minutes later some Australians and New Zealanders were complaining that the damn Pommies still thought they were a major power, for God’s sake.