Rosien.1
/ˈrəʊzi/, U.S. /ˈroʊzi/ British slang.
= Rosie Lee n.
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1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. iv. 134 We'll 'ave the Rosie now, George.
1964 A. Prior Z Cars Again iv. 35 This is the best cup of rosy I get all day, Janey.
1999 M. J. Trow Lestrade & Deadly Game i. 12 Don't worry. I gave him a cup of Rosie.
2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 81 She's stuck into the Mirror and dunking her toast into a fresh mug of rosie, but she did definitely make a noise in my direction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Rosien.2
/ˈrəʊzi/, U.S. /ˈroʊzi/ U.S.
= Rosie the Riveter n.
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1942 Los Angeles Times 28 Dec. ii. 1/2 The A-31 assembly line where Rosie and Joe get in their licks against the Axis in the sprawling Hawthorne plant of Northrop Aircraft, Inc.
1945 Los Angeles Times 17 Dec. 1/7 Rosie's disappearance [from aircraft manufacturing plants] is reflected in the percentages of men in the factories—62 on VE-Day, 63 on VJ-Day and 73 today.
1952 Changing Times Dec. 40/1 Factory refresher courses and in-plant training will start thousands of Rosies out again in the skilled and semiskilled factory jobs.
1980 Internat. Affairs 56 361 Rosie, it was understood by all, was there ‘only for the duration’. ‘Do the job he left behind’, the poster exhorted.
2008 Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (Nexis) 20 Apr. 7 b During World War II, she was a Rosie at Boeing's Seattle aircraft manufacturing plant.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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