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Definition of Possie
1. Noun. (Australia New Zealand military slang Digger slang) A firing position. ¹
2. Noun. (Australia New Zealand colloquial) A position or place, especially one that is advantageous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Possie
1. a position [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possie
Literary usage of Possie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Centennial Magazine: An Australian Monthly (1888)
"I borrowed a horse and rode round the course with possie, who seemed to be ...
But I didn't know you had returned," said possie, in rather a stately way. ..."
2. Representative One-act Plays by British and Irish Authors by Clark, Barrett Harper, 1890- (1921)
"But I couldn't have told a — a — could I, possie? Miss POSTLEWAITE. ... Oh,
possie, I'd forgotten that; and the dance doesn't begin till nearly ten, ..."
3. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1908)
"Will of Antie possie read Antie ... or possie. Will of Joseph Conkling, also
mentions daughter Sarah. PAGE 204. 8 lines from top for Little read John Little ..."
4. Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's office: City of New York by William Smith Pelletreau (1908)
"Will of Antie possie read Antie ... or possie. Will of Joseph Conkling, also
mentions daughter Sarah. PAGE 204. 8 lines from top for Little read John Little ..."
5. Life and Letters of Elizabeth L. Comstock by Elizabeth L. Comstock (1895)
"It looks so droll to see E. Mullett and her daughter Eliza Maria stand on the
doorstep and shout ' possie,' ' possie,' and presently the cows come running ..."
6. A Sydney-side Saxon by Rolf Boldrewood (1891)
"CHAPTER VII MISS possie BARKER, OF BOREE I WAS up at daylight and roused out
Talgai to bring up the horses. It ain't often a blackfellow '11 get up without ..."
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