POSSIE Definition & Meaning

possie

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[ pos-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Australian.

plural possies.

a job; position.

possie

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ /

noun

informal.
a place; position
if we're early for the film we'll get a good possie at the back

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of possie¹

First recorded in 1915–20; shortening and alteration of position

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For everything else, he goes by “Possie.”

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Now 92 and among Randolph’s oldest lifelong residents, Vawter said he has been Possie for almost as long as he can remember.

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He opened a bar and restaurant called Possie’s Place in 1955 that remains in business today.

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Maddie and Bella Barnes and Miss Falkland in the same novel, Kate Lawless in Nevermore, and Possie Barker in A Sydneyside Saxon, are also Antipodeans, but are only lightly sketched.

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It was the pleasantest possie Mac had ever found it his privilege to occupy.

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