/ˈɒzi/
OriginDiminutive forms, + -ie.
- A diminutive of the male given name Oswald.
- A diminutive of the male given name Oscar.
- Northern, UK, slangA hospital.
“I became most distressed when talking to a man from Liverpool who said he was going up the ozzie? I thought he was planning to examine an Australian, but it turned out he was going to the hospital.”
“What a way to start the new century – in the ozzie or a police cell.”
FormsOzzies(plural) · Ozzy(alternative) · ozzies(plural)