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Rosy Lee en · NOUN

Etymology

From Rosy (“female name”) + Lee (“surname, or female or male given name”), a variant of Rosie Lee.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative spelling of Rosie Lee (“tea”).
    alt of Rosie Lee
    • 'Sit in here a minute,' he says to them. 'I'll go and make the Rosy Lee.' When he had made the tea he brings it in, gets out the cards, and they start to play, carrying on until it is about half past three. 1973, May Hobbs, “The Arts and Crafts Department”, in Born to Struggle, 1st American edition, Plainfield, Vt.: Daughters, Inc., published 1975, →ISBN, page 133:
    • Seated at our map-covered dining table, Vicks and I drank umpteen cups of Rosy Lee as we worked out the best route to take me across seven provinces in Canada and through twenty-six US states, following the coastline as much as possible. 2016, Chris Graham, with Wendy Holden, “Spring 2015: Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England”, in Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 10: