bommie meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

bommie

noun

Etymology Clipping of bombora + -ie

Australia A bombora.

1992, Australian Museum, Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Reef biology: a survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific, National Gallery of Australia Some solitary corals, such as Cycloseris, were present at the base of the bommie.
A large bommie the shape of an onion extends from the main reef on the northern side, and here were two dark crevices favoured by coral trout.2003, John Singe, My Island Home: A Torres Strait Memoir, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 130:

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The bommie was bustling: fish were coming and going, digging and biting, feeding and fighting on all points of the bommie.2015, M. Allan Daly, Pacific Illusion, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 83:

noun

Etymology From bonfire, with /n/ changed to /m/ by assimilation with /f/, and the second element then clipped and replaced with + -ie.

UK A bonfire.

We've got to find where they hid it — before Bommie Night.2004, James Riordan, Football Stories, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 99:
'We could go down London Road, collect a bit more for Bommie Night.' Jez suggested. Hallowe'en was still not past and they had used up all their firework stocks.2012, Margaret Murphy, The Dispossessed, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

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The blackout curtains make a super 'bommie', which is lit as soon as it's dark enough on this wonderful day.2014, James Marsh, A 1940s Childhood: From Bomb Sites to Children's Hour, The History Press, →ISBN:
'Not that daft if it stops their bommie getting nicked.' Jack winked at Terry. 'You can't have a bonfire without any wood. We're all looking forward to it, aren't we? Roasted spuds, black peas, treacle toffee, parkin...'2014, Trevor Hoyle, Down the Figure 7, Hachette UK, →ISBN: