Rosie the Rivetern.

Brit.

/ˌrəʊzɪ ðə ˈrɪvᵻtə/, U.S.

/ˌroʊzi ðə ˈrɪvᵻdər/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rosie the Riveter.

Etymology: < Rosie the Riveter, the name of a fictional female industrial worker celebrated in the 1942 song of that name by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb.The lyric of Loeb's song has:1942 R. Evans & J. J. Loeb Rosie the Riveter (sheet music) 4 All the day long whether rain or shine She's a part of the assembly line She's making history working for victory, Rosie Brrr—[i.e. imitating noise of riveting machine] the riveter. The name Rosie the Riveter came to be most associated with a 1942 image by J. Howard Miller, depicting a woman in overalls and a headscarf, flexing her arm beneath the slogan ‘We can do it!’, although Norman Rockwell's cover for the Saturday Evening Post of 29 May 1943, entitled Rosie, was the first instance of the name being attached to an image of a female industrial worker.

U.S.

(The type of) a woman who took on a factory job (or other occupation traditionally carried out by men) during the Second World War (1939–45). Also occasionally in extended use.

ΚΠ

1942 Dallas Morning News 14 Dec. 4/6 The piece does make its patriotic point with Betty Rhodes as a Winnie the Welder, or is it Rosie the Riveter converting the comely Miller lass to overalls.

1944 N.Y. Times 19 Mar. e9/5 What Rosie the riveter should wear to work is brought out by designs prepared by the American Standards Association.

1951 Changing Times: Jan. 45/1 Rosie the Riveter is going back to work; that's good news for manufacturers of slacks, makers of snoods, and foremen who like their headaches blonde.

1969 G. C. Zahn Chaplains in RAF i. 13 The crisis mobilization of productive labor will produce ‘Rosie the Riveter’.

1979 R. S. Mendelsohn Confessions of Med. Heretic v. 103 Millions of Rosie the Riveters could join the war effort without a twinge of guilt over leaving their children in the care of strangers.

2004 D. Fingeroth Superman on Couch v. 82 It was understood that when her fighting man came home, Rosie the Riveter would hand her riveting gun back over and pick up her frying pan.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rosie the riveter
释义	Rosie the Rivetern. Brit. /ˌrəʊzɪ ðə ˈrɪvᵻtə/, U.S. /ˌroʊzi ðə ˈrɪvᵻdər/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rosie the Riveter. Etymology: < Rosie the Riveter, the name of a fictional female industrial worker celebrated in the 1942 song of that name by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb.The lyric of Loeb's song has:1942 R. Evans & J. J. Loeb Rosie the Riveter (sheet music) 4 All the day long whether rain or shine She's a part of the assembly line She's making history working for victory, Rosie Brrr—[i.e. imitating noise of riveting machine] the riveter. The name Rosie the Riveter came to be most associated with a 1942 image by J. Howard Miller, depicting a woman in overalls and a headscarf, flexing her arm beneath the slogan ‘We can do it!’, although Norman Rockwell's cover for the Saturday Evening Post of 29 May 1943, entitled Rosie, was the first instance of the name being attached to an image of a female industrial worker. U.S. (The type of) a woman who took on a factory job (or other occupation traditionally carried out by men) during the Second World War (1939–45). Also occasionally in extended use. ΚΠ 1942 Dallas Morning News 14 Dec. 4/6 The piece does make its patriotic point with Betty Rhodes as a Winnie the Welder, or is it Rosie the Riveter converting the comely Miller lass to overalls. 1944 N.Y. Times 19 Mar. e9/5 What Rosie the riveter should wear to work is brought out by designs prepared by the American Standards Association. 1951 Changing Times: Jan. 45/1 Rosie the Riveter is going back to work; that's good news for manufacturers of slacks, makers of snoods, and foremen who like their headaches blonde. 1969 G. C. Zahn Chaplains in RAF i. 13 The crisis mobilization of productive labor will produce ‘Rosie the Riveter’. 1979 R. S. Mendelsohn Confessions of Med. Heretic v. 103 Millions of Rosie the Riveters could join the war effort without a twinge of guilt over leaving their children in the care of strangers. 2004 D. Fingeroth Superman on Couch v. 82 It was understood that when her fighting man came home, Rosie the Riveter would hand her riveting gun back over and pick up her frying pan. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1942
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