noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of ten pound tourist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ten pound tourist
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
ten pound Pom
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noun
Meaning 2
An assisted immigrant to Australia or New Zealand from Britain, from the decades following World War II.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
Examples
- 2008, Timothy Darvill, “Jones, Rhys Maengwyn (1941-2001)", entry in Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology, 2nd Edition, unnumbered page, On graduating he became one of the last ‘ten-pound poms′ by migrating to Australia under a scheme where the individual paid £10 and the Australian government paid the rest of the fare for a one-way journey.
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History
Etymology
From ten + pound (“unit of currency”) + pom (“British person”); compare ten pound tourist. An allusion to the immigrant′s contribution (in sterling) paid for passage to Australia under an assisted immigration scheme, the remainder being paid by the Australian government. The scheme operated from 1946 to 1982; in 1973 the immigrant contribution was increased to £75.