Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus.) the head.

1902		Bulletin (Sydney) 18 Jan. 16/3: Why my-blanky knock-me-silly takes up so much of the ocean floor that there isn’t awful-doom enough for me to get my rosy-red down onto the weeping willow.
1976		P. Conroy Great Santini (1977) 253: Can you imagine what it would be like if the Japs had won the war? We’d be going down to the temple each Sunday to kiss Buddha’s rosy red.

2. (Aus.) a bed.

1915

W. Gippslang Gaz. (Vic.) 10 Aug. 3/6: A bed is a rosy-red.