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Rhoosian, n. and a.|ˈruːʃ(ɪ)ən| Also Rooshan, Rooshian, Roosian. Joc. var. of Russian n. and a.
1843[see Prussian n. 1]. 1864Daily Tel. 26 July 5/3, I never did ‘room’ with a Rooshian before, and I'd like to know them stript. 1878W. S. Gilbert H.M.S. Pinafore ii. 28 For he might have been a Roosian, A French, or Turk, or Proosian, Or perhaps Itali-an! 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 222 The head stockman..had been sent off to..give the Rainbar folks a turn, and draft their ‘Roosians’ for them. 1898J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 151 I'm off to the Cattle Market to buy one o' those little Rooshian ponies. 1914W. de la Mare in Sat. Westm. Gaz. 22 Aug. 2/3 With Dreadnoughts here, two kinds of French, the Rooshans at your heel. 1940E. Pound Cantos lix. 86 And the rhoosians (Orosians) served a sort of lunch To the chinese ambassadors. 1974F. Selwyn Cracksman on Velvet ii. 70 The Rhoosians couldn't stop him at Inkerman and nor will you. |