bluey

American  

[bloo-ee] / ˈblu i /

noun

Australian.

plural

blueys

1. swag.

2. a legal summons.

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bluey ¹ British  

/ ˈbluːɪ /

noun

1. a blanket

2. a swagman's bundle

3. to carry one's bundle; tramp

4. slang a variant of blue

5. a cattle dog

6. a red-headed person

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Bluey ² British  

/ ˈbluːɪ /

noun

1. a variant of Blue

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Etymology

Origin of bluey

1795–1805; blue + -y ²; bluey ( def. 1 ) so called because usually wrapped in a blue blanket; bluey ( def. 2 ) so called from its blue binder

Example Sentences

The sun was just below the horizon, and the inside of the truck was bluey pink.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

I’d memorized Australian phrases and learned that a blue is a fight, to make a blue is to make a mistake, and a bluey could either mean “dog,” “jacket,” “equipment,” “redhead,” or “Portuguese man-of-war.”

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

The houses on one side are in quite hot sun; the other side of the street is in cold bluey shade, which extends more than half across the road.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)

Among the lashes of her large, bluey eyelids there were still two heavy tears.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

We slipped across the noiseless water in the bluey light which I told you of; then we were in the dark again and we touched shore.

From The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston