Ossi

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Ossi

(ˈɒsɪ; German ˈɔsi)
n
(Placename) informal a native, inhabitant, or citizen of that part of Germany that was formerly East Germany
[C20: from German ostdeutsch East German]
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And 37 per cent of west Germans - Wessies - begrudge paying pounds 54bn (pounds 79.2bn) a year to help ex-communist easterners, or Ossies.
The poll of 2,000 people from each half found Wessies felt Ossies were ungrateful.

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