Rosie Lee
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally military slang.
Noun[edit]
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Tea (drink).
- Synonym: (ellipsis) Rosie
- I'll put the kettle on and make us a cup of Rosie Lee.
- 2007, Rhys Bowen, Her Royal Spyness, page 203:
- “ […] Nice cup of Rosie Lee?” he asked, using the Cockney tradition of rhyming slang.
Further reading[edit]
- Jonathon Green (2024) “rosie (lea) n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang