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Definition of Bluey
1. a. Bluish.
2. n. A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color.
Definition of Bluey
1. Proper noun. (Australia slang) A nickname commonly given to a redhead red-headed person. ¹
2. Proper noun. (Australia slang) A blue heeler (dog). ¹
3. Proper noun. (Australia slang) A blue singlet singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label. ¹
4. Adjective. Having a colour similar to blue ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluey
1. a bag of clothing carried in travel [n BLUEYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluey
Literary usage of Bluey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"bluey, one of many names for the hedge sparrow, which i variously called Hedgy,
Fieldy, ... bluey is als ^=. one of the names of the blue titmouse. ..."
2. "Over There" with the Australians by R. Hugh Knyvett (1918)
"They just made up their swags and '' humped the bluey " * for the coast. That is
how the remarkable phenomenon of the human snowball marches commenced. ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"R. Wallace, ' Rural Economy and Agriculture of Australia and New Zealand,' P-
73 = "Humping bluey' is for a workman to walk in search of work." 1891. ..."
4. My Company by Carroll Judson Swan (1918)
"There's a bomb underneath which explodes when one steps on the disc, and, as the
men say, one goes "bluey, bluey." In this last advance many kinds of traps ..."
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