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(cocktail) A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(cocktail) A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.

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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(Australia, NZ, South Africa, mildly, _, pejorative, _, slang) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.

Origin: A clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red. As a cocktail, originally American. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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