Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abbreviations of pomological.
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- noun An
American alcoholic drink containingvodka andpomegranate juice . - noun Australia, New Zealand, sometimes pejorative An
Englishman , aBriton ; a person ofBritish descent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disparaging term for a British person
Etymologies
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Examples
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We delivered our dispatches, and were getting ready for a gallop over the quarter mile of veldt, when, _pom, pom, pom, pom_, came a dozen one-pounders a few yards away right across our track.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales
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It was a welcome sound, and still more welcome the "pom -- pom -- pom -- _pom_," like the bark of a good dog, that sounded immediately afterwards.
The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 Filson Young 1907
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Pomegranates -- The power of the pom is it's great source of iron and vitamin C.
Carolyn Scott: Why Fall Fruits & Veggies Are So Dang Good for You Carolyn Scott 2010
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Jackson comes with Maven "pom" - files; the only dependencies are:
Dashboard RSS Feed 2009
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Most of the night i was drinking rum and coke. then my mom got a drink called a pom pom some tasty syrup with vodka, its strong at first but when you get close to drinking it, you don't even notice the vodka.
- icecold0123 2005
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This space, which it was not lawful to till or inhabit, the Romans called the pomœrium, not for its being without the wall, more than for the wall's being without it: and in enlarging the city, as far as the walls were intended to proceed outwards, so far these consecrated limits were likewise extended.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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In Alabama, BP-contracted workers in rubber boots and gloves laid down clusters of oil-absorbing synthetic fibers called pom-poms, erected storm fencing along the Dauphin Island beach and collected samples of the tar and water for testing.
Signs of the Times 2010
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On Dauphin Island, workers contracted by BP wore rubber boots and gloves to lay down oil-absorbing synthetic fibers called pom-poms, erect storm fencing along the beach and collect samples of the tar and water for testing.
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On Saturday, a team of dozens of BP-contracted workers in rubber boots and gloves laid down special clusters of oil-absorbing synthetic fibers called pom-poms, erected storm fencing along the Dauphin Island beach and collected samples of the tar and water for testing.
Scientific American 2010
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On Dauphin Island, workers contracted by BP wore rubber boots and gloves to lay down oil-absorbing synthetic fibers called pom-poms, erect storm fencing along the beach and collect samples of the tar and water for testing.
Scientific American 2010
oroboros commented on the word pom
Mop in reverse.
November 3, 2007
Danni commented on the word pom
From pommy - acronym for Prisoners Of Mother England (pome) - about those convicts shipped off
August 27, 2009