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bommie¹

Where it comes from

Clipping of bombora + -ie

noun bommies · bommy

  1. Australia A bombora. 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.

bommie²

Where it comes from

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

noun bommies · bommy

  1. UK A bonfire. We've got to find where they hid it — before Bommie Night.

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"bommie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bommie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

bommie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bommie

Chicago

"bommie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bommie.

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@misc{bommie_2026,
  title = {bommie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bommie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}