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OP From M-W Oline:
Pom
Pronunciation: 'päm
Function: noun
Australian & New Zealand, usually disparaging : POMMY
Also from M-W Online:
Pommy
Main Entry: Pom•my
Variant(s): or Pom•mie /'pä-mE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural Pommies
Etymology: by shortening & alter. from pomegranate, alteration of Jimmy Grant, rhyming slang for immigrant
Australian & New Zealand, usually disparaging : BRITON; especially : an English immigrant
Most of the other sources in OneLook show the same.
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