bluey
See also: Bluey
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -uːi
Adjective
bluey (comparative more bluey, superlative most bluey)
- Having a colour similar to blue.
Synonyms
Noun
bluey (countable and uncountable, plural blueys)
- (slang) The metal lead.
- (Australian slang) A bushman's blanket.
- (Can we date this quote by Henry Lawson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Then we had to wring our blueys which were rotting in the swags, /And we saw the sugar leaking through the bottoms of the bags […]
- (Can we date this quote by Henry Lawson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (Australian slang) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 318:
- ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 318:
- (Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
- (Australian slang) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
- (Australia) A bluebottle.
- (Australia, medicine) A disposable underpad.
- (informal) A blue film.
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