rossie

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noun

An independent or outspoken woman; a hussy, a slut.

OriginIrish rásaí →
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Meanings

nounrossie (plural rossies)

plural rossies

  1. IrelandcolloquialAn independent or outspoken woman; a hussy, a slut.

    If they could run like rossies she could sit so she said she could see from where she was.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13: Nausicaa]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 349

Origin

  1. Irishrásaí“gossip, traveller woman, slut”
  2. Englishrossie

From Irish rásaí (“gossip, traveller woman, slut”).

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APA

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MLA

“rossie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rossie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rossie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rossie.

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