Rousie
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A rouseabout. Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial
"The aim of the rouser is eventually to become a shearer via the medium of the learner’s pen, and in fact the rousie is really an apprentice shearer; but there is certainly a great gulf between the accomplished prince of the board and the miserable rouseabout in the strange new world of his first shed."
Synonyms
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More examples"The aim of the rouser is eventually to become a shearer via the medium of the learner’s pen, and in fact the rousie is really an apprentice shearer; but there is certainly a great gulf between the accomplished prince of the board and the miserable rouseabout in the strange new world of his first shed."
Etymology
From rous(eabout) + -ie.
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