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possie

or pos·sy

[ pos-ee ]

noun

, Australian.
, plural pos·sies.
  1. a job; position.


possie

/ ˈpɒzɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a place; position

    if we're early for the film we'll get a good possie at the back

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of possie1

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

For everything else, he goes by “Possie.”

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

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

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.

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

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