Meaning of Rosie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the female given name Rose, Rosemary and other female names related to the rose. Also used as a formal given name.
2. A female factory worker during World War II (after the 1942 song Rosie the Riveter).
   US, countable, informal
3. Ellipsis of Rosie Lee (“tea”).
   UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang, uncountable

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Examples

“[…] continued oppression and exploitation of women in the workplace 50 years after the Rosies entered wartime factories.”

“Now for a quick lamp over the slag. Ever had someone put⟳ some snout ash in your rosie? Makes you put⟳ on that wry face⟳, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what the slag does.”

“Now for a quick lamp over the slag. Ever had someone put⟳ some snout ash in your rosie? Makes you put⟳ on that wry face⟳, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what the slag does.”

“now that i have⟳ successfully propagated some nice little rosies using your method, and have⟳ begun potting them, my questions turn⟳ to getting them through the winter.”

“Oh, it should have⟳ had been pink and had little rosies and flowers all around it. That's the only way that "the females" could understand⟳ it.”

“Radio collar stuff? My best dog devices are the pruned canes laid on the ground where I don't want⟳ them to run⟳. Stopped them from running down the little rosies until I laid the mulch on top of them by mistake⟳. Then the dogs ran down the little rosies.”

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