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]- “rosie (lea) n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present