bluey
See also: Bluey
English
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editbluey (comparative bluier, superlative bluiest)
- Having a colour similar to blue.
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editbluey (countable and uncountable, plural blueys)
- (slang) The metal lead.
- (Australian slang) A bushman's blanket.
- 1896, Henry Lawson, In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses:
- 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 […]
- (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, published 2003, page 318:
- ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.
- (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.
- (Australian slang) A person with ginger hair.
- (Internet slang, derogatory) An online troll who uses the blue check verification system on Twitter.
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