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the OED speaketh: The most widely held derivation of this term, for which, however, there is no firm evidence, is that which connects it with pomegranate (see quots. 1923, 1963). A discussion of this and of other theories may be found in W. S. Ramson "Australian English". (the 1923 quot. is Lawrence's)
anyone have access to the Ramson?
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