ten pound pom

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词形变化

ten pound poms 复数 ten pound poms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An assisted immigrant to Australia or New Zealand from Britain, from the decades following World War II.

    澳大利亚 新西兰

    2008, Timothy Darvill, “Jones, Rhys Maengwyn (1941-2001)", entry in Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology, 2nd Edition, unnumbered page, On graduating he became one of the last ‘ten-pound poms′ by migrating to Australia under a scheme where the individual paid £10 and the Australian government paid the rest of the fare for a one-way journey.

词源

From ten + pound (“unit of currency”) + pom (“British person”); compare ten pound tourist. An allusion to the immigrant′s contribution (in sterling) paid for passage to Australia under an assisted immigration scheme, the remainder being paid by the Australian government. The scheme operated from 1946 to 1982; in 1973 the immigrant contribution was increased to £75.

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