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English
Etymology
From rous(eabout) + -ie.
Noun
rousie (plural rousies)
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A rouseabout.
1967, Graham Jenkin, Two Years on Bardunyah Station: Being an Account of the Experiences of a Jackaroo, Together with Some Poems, etc., Seacombe Heights, South Australia: Pitjantjara Publishers, page 66:The aim of the rouser is eventually to become a shearer via the medium of the learner’s pen, and in fact the rousie is really an apprentice shearer; but there is certainly a great gulf between the accomplished prince of the board and the miserable rouseabout in the strange new world of his first shed.
1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Baton Rouge, La., London: Louisiana State University Press, published 1985, →ISBN:“Mind you,” Joe had said to Kerewin, “that’s the first time he’s ever sat still long enough for me to do a decent job. Piri tried to hold him once, and got bitten for his trouble. The other times after Hana died,” he sighed, “sheesh, all those other times . . . there’s only been me here eh, which means I’ve had to give him a belting so he’ll do as he’s told . . . you ever try shearing sheep? Unwilling sheep?” “I’ve worked as rousie, never shearer, but I’ve seen them carry on.”
2011, Fiona Palmer, Heart of Gold, Michael Joseph, →ISBN:Kate, their young rousie, threw the fleece up and over the table.