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possie; possy; pozzie; pozzy noun a position AUSTRALIA, 1915 Originally in World War 1 a soldier’s chosen position from which to snipe, observe, etc.- Gawd, just when a man’s got a decent possy, he has to leave it! — Leonard Mann, Flesh in Armour, p. 49, 1932
- [W]e started on a short course of steady drinking, hanging onto our possies at the bar and letting the mob push about and roar for drinks behind us. — Gavin Casey, It’s Harder for Girls, p. 168, 1941
- Hang on, that looks a likely pozzie in the vicinity of those parked vehicles. — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 10, 1968
- He was fairly pooped when he got to the possie where half a dozen other regulars were fishing. — Bob Staines, Wot a Whopper, p. 19, 1982
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