blanky
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
A euphemistic substitution for the expletive bloody.
Adjective[edit]
blanky (not comparable)
- (Australia, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
- 1914, Edgar Wallace, Smithy:
- […] Bill was a wonderful instructor.
"'Mark time on that blanky clutch,' he'd yell, and Spud would put his foot on the brake-pedal.
- 1974, Bill Wannan, With Malice Aforethought, page 85:
- Why, strike me pink, I'd sooner drink / With a cove sent up for arson / Than a rain-beseeching, preaching, teaching, / Blanky, cranky parson.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
blanky (plural blankies)