bloodnut

English

Alternative forms

• blood nut, blood-nut

Etymology

From blood (“red”) +‎ nut (“head”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bloodnut (plural bloodnuts)

1. (Australia, informal) A person with red hair, a redhead.
   • 2001, Tim Winton, Dirt Music‎^[1], page 185:

     He was a pugnacious bloodnut with a droll wit and a rollup fag on his lip.

   • 2006, Bill Collopy, House of Given‎^[2], page 13:

     “Red” his mates called him: a wild bloodnut like his father, and like his late uncles before Tobruk sands claimed them.

   • 2011, Christopher Kremmer, The Chase, unnumbered page:

     He looked younger, thinner, was pale and unshaven, the image of a man on a bender, complete with a red-haired partner in crime.
     ‘I say, Howard, your chief chemist would look ree-mahr-kable on a polo pony, don′t think?’ said the bloodnut, who reeked of alcohol and stale tobacco.

Usage notes

Sometimes used, capitalised, as a nickname.

Translations

person with red hair, informal

• French: rouquin (fr) m, rouquine (fr) f
• Swedish: rödtott (sv) c

See also

• Bluey
• ranga