Rosie

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Rosie may refer to:

• Rosie is a woman's name meaning "Like a rose." It is a popular first name now, as it has been since the Victorian times. It can also be a shortened version of the name Rosemary (or Rosemarie) or a nickname for somebody named Rose.
• Rosie the Riveter, an American propaganda campaign to reduce labour shortages during the Second World War
• Rosie, the renamed version of McCall's magazine.
• Rosie O'Donnell, a lesbian American actress and talk show hostess.
• Rosie Perez, an American actress.
• Rosie (magazine), the name of O'Donnell's short-lived magazine.
• Rosie (album); by Fairport Convention
• Rose "Rosie" (Cotton) Gardner; a hobbit character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books (see List of Hobbits)
• Rosie the Robot Maid, a character in the animated series The Jetsons
• Rosie is also the famous character penned by the late Bon Scott in the AC/DC song "Whole Lotta Rosie," off the album Let There Be Rock
• Rosie the Waitress, a character appearing in commercials for Bounty paper towels, played by Nancy Walker.
• Rosie (song), by Jackson Browne
• Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), Bruce Springsteen song often referred to as "Rosie"

[edit] Other spellings

• see Rosey