Possie vs Prossie - What's the difference?
possie | prossie |
A firing position.
* 1990 , Matthew Kentridge, An unofficial war: inside the conflict in Pietermaritzburg
* 2005 , Matthew Wright, Western front: the New Zealand Division in the first World War, 1916-18
* 2006 , Wesley Olson, Gallipoli: the Western Australian story
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A position or place, especially one that is advantageous.
* 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 ,
* 1998 , , Volume 20, Issues 47-49,
* 2009 , Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber, Cycling Australia , Lonely Planet,
As nouns the difference between possie and prossie
is that possie is a firing position while prossie is a prostitute.possie
English
Alternative forms
* pozzyNoun
(en noun)- I'm just sitting in my possie , my place, waiting for something to happen.
- 'There is a beautiful odour in the possie where we are,' HG Clark wrote to his family...
- Away from the firing line, these possies and dugouts could be made larger...
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- The fans seem happy to be back, finding their formerly favourite possies in the stands, or around the strangely sunken perimeter fence.
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- Of course, it helps if you are very rich and regularly pay more than $40,000 for a couture outfit to be guaranteed of a near-front-row possie at the bi-annual parades (winter and summer collections).
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- It?s in a good people-watching possie and if you have an early dinner between 3pm and 7pm you get a 40% discount.