noun
General Slang
bommy
· noun · brummie
Bonfire, in Brummie/Black Country mouths — especially the Guy Fawkes one.
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Definitions
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A bonfire — almost always the November 5th one. Kids in the West Midlands spend October dragging pallets and old sofas onto the bommy ready for the big night.
“We're building the bommy on the field behind the Spar.”
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bommy In A Sentence
We're building the bommy on the field behind the Spar.
Origin & Usage
Local contraction of 'bonfire' (cf. the older 'bunny-fire'). Heard across Birmingham, the Black Country and parts of Lancashire round November 5th.
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