Rosie

proper noun

1. 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.

noun

1. 1

   informalA female factory worker during World War II (after the 1942 song Rosie the Riveter).

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

2. 2

   Variant of Rosie LeeslangEllipsis of Rosie Lee (“tea”).

   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.

Forms

plural

Rosies