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词汇 rousie
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Definition of rousie in English:

rousie

noun ˈraʊzi
Australian, NZ informal

  • A person performing unskilled labour or doing odd jobs on a farm, especially in a shearing shed.

    he'd worked as a rousie in a shearing gang
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rousie was the only one that was getting paid while there was rain, so it was in the interest.
    • The team of professional shearers, a rousie and presser, will be assisted by park staff is likely to finish around 4.30pm.
    • My first job was as a rousie in a shearing gang.
    • He filled the months until going to Otago University planting blackcurrent bushes and as a shearing gang rousie.
    • You know the rule of the sheds: the last sheep of the run the rousies do.

Origin

Early 20th century: short for rouseabout.
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