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ROSCO en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɒskəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of rolling stock (leasing) company.
    • Until the mid-2010s, the ROSCOs 'made hay while the sun shone', taking advantage of growing passenger demand and expanding services to find homes for their rolling assets - in some cases, well beyond their expected design lives. 2023 June 28, Ben Jones, “Are we getting rid of our (still useful) rolling stock too early?”, in RAIL, number 986, page 28:

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