"bommie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bommies [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of bombora + -ie Etymology templates: {{m|en|bombora}} bombora, {{suffix|en||ie}} + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} bommie (plural bommies)
  1. (Australia) A bombora. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-bommie-en-noun-MMnlip5F Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bommy (english: both senses)
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: bommies [plural]
Etymology: From bonfire, with /n/ changed to /m/ by assimilation with /f/, and the second element then clipped and replaced with + -ie. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bonfire}} bonfire, {{suffix|en||ie}} + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} bommie (plural bommies)
  1. (UK) A bonfire. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-bommie-en-noun-cMmwVXbQ Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bommy (english: both senses)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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