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JennieG | What's A Cockie/Cocky? (34) | RE: What's A Cockie/Cocky? | 03 Aug 18 |
I found out that "pompey" is a term for someone from Portsmouth, England......and many British ships called at Portsmouth on their way to Australia; for a very long time the only way to get to Australia from anywhere else in the world was by sea. It's not too far a stretch to turn "pompey" into "pommy", then into "pom". |