Talk:bluey
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Equinox in topic German Blei as (improbable?) etymology
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edit(slang) Lead.
- +equipment, traffic ticket, redhead
heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers.[1]81.11.219.175 17:21, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
Regarding the slang sense for lead (the metal), John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) points out that Blei is German for lead, but adds "most likely, though, from the colour, as the term is of the very lowest slang". Equinox ◑ 19:12, 2 October 2020 (UTC)