Bommie

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bombora. Australia

    "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."

  2. 2
    A bonfire. UK

    "We've got to find where they hid it — before Bommie Night."

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bombora

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of bombora + -ie

Etymology 2

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

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