possie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A firing position. Australia,New-Zealand,slang
    — I'm just sitting in my possie, my place, waiting for something to happen.
  2. A position or place, especially one that is advantageous. Australia,New-Zealand,colloquial
    — 1984, Garrie Hutchinson, A Practice Game at the Old Home Ground, from From the Outer, reprinted 2001, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 289, The fans seem happy to be back, finding their formerly favourite possies in the stands, or around the strangely sunken perimeter fence.

词形变化

possies plural pozzy alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English position
English -ie
English possie
From position + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
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