What does "pozzy" mean?

Jam (“fruit conserve made from fruit boiled with sugar”).

Pozzy

//ˈpɒ.zi// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Jam (“fruit conserve made from fruit boiled with sugar”). British, slang, uncountable
"‘Could you pinch a tin of pozzy out of stores?’"
2
A firing position. Australia, New-Zealand, slang
"1916, various ANZAC soldiers, The Anzac Book, page 10, […] and Jerry O′Dwyer had shot two crows from the new sniper′s pozzy down at the creek-—and so on."
3
A position or place, especially one that is advantageous. Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial
"So I says to him, no, I can′t go back to the pozzy I′m sharing with Snowy Fisher and the late Pap."

"‘Could you pinch a tin of pozzy out of stores?’"

Etymology 1

Unclear, perhaps from a southern African language; from late 19thC, revived during World War I.

Etymology 2

From position + -y (“diminutive suffix”), with spelling shift; variant of possie.

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