Pom is a colloquial Australian term for British immigrants. It is derived from pomegranate, referring to the bright red color of their sunburnt skin.
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Pom Term Timeline in The Turning
The timeline below shows where the term Pom appears in The Turning. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Aquifer
...with other neighborhood kids, including Bruno the Yugo, a Serbian boy, and Alan Mannering, a Pom who bullies him ceaselessly. He also spends time with the Box children, who come from...
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Cockleshell
...and his father had to go calm Eric Larwood down. The Larwoods are particularly obvious Poms. Eric Larwood was a shop steward (a union leader) in the meatworks, but since it...
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