rousie Austral. and N.Z. colloq.
(ˈraʊzɪ)
Also roussie, rousy.
[Abbrev. of rouseabout.]
= rouseabout n. 2.
| 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 29 Nov. 20/1 The rousie entered the office to be paid off. 1952 [see dagger n.2 b]. 1956 F. B. Vickers First Place to Stranger ix. 135 He tried to run all the rousies till Ivor stopped him. a 1964 H. P. Tritton in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) 228 Then try to catch the rousy's eye, and softly whisper, ‘Tar’. 1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. Austral. & N.Z. vii. 147 There are names for woolshed workers,..the rousie or rouseabout and the sheepo who fills the catching pens. |