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单词 rousie
释义

rousien.

Brit. /ˈraʊsi/, U.S. /ˈraʊsi/, Australian English /ˈræɔsi/, New Zealand English /ˈræusi/
Forms: 1900s– rousey, 1900s– rousie, 1900s– roussie, 1900s– rousy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rouseabout n., -y suffix6.
Etymology: < rous- (in rouseabout n.) + -y suffix6. Compare earlier rouser n. 4.
Australian and New Zealand colloquial.
= rouseabout n. 2a. Cf. rouser n. 4.
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rousie1906
boundary-keeper1933
1906 Bull. (Sydney) 22 Feb. 14/3 The local ‘rousies’ are gluttons..after living for a month or two in a shearers' hut.
1956 F. B. Vickers First Place to Stranger ix. 135 He tried to run all the rousies till Ivor stopped him.
1978 D. G. Jardine Shadows on Hill 132 He slips off his coat and hands it to a rousy and nods to the classer.
2009 F. McDonald Red Dust xx. 188 One of the rousies, Paula,..swept up the belly and threw it into a wool butt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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