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pom-pom

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pom-pom/ˈpɒmpɒm/

▶noun Brit. an automatic quick-firing two-pounder cannon of the Second World War period, typically mounted on a ship and used against aircraft.

– origin C19: imitative of the sound of the discharge.

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