ozzie

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Ozzie

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From a pronunciation of hospital with h-dropping, +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

ozzie (plural ozzies)

  1. (northern UK, slang) A hospital.
    • 2001, Nursing Times, Nursing Mirror, volume 97, numbers 5-8:
      I became most distressed when talking to a man from Liverpool who said he was going up the ozzie? I thought he was planning to examine an Australian, but it turned out he was going to the hospital.
    • 2014, Maureen Lee, The Seven Streets of Liverpool:
      What a way to start the new century – in the ozzie or a police cell.