bluey

[ bloo-ee ]

noun

, Australian.

, plural blue·ys.

1. swag ²( def 2 ).
2. a legal summons.

bluey

¹

/ ˈbluːɪ /

noun

1. a blanket
2. a swagman's bundle
3. hump bluey
   hump blueyhump one's bluey to carry one's bundle; tramp
4. See blue
   slang.
   a variant of blue
5. a cattle dog
6. a red-headed person

Bluey

²

/ ˈbluːɪ /

noun

1. See Blue
   a variant of Blue

Word History and Origins

Origin of bluey¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bluey¹

(for senses 1, 2, 4) C19: from blue (on account of their colour) + -y ²

Example Sentences

At length "Bluey's" promise to "square up in a day or so" was accepted, under protest, and the customer departed.

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They just made up their swags and "humped the bluey" for the coast.

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Humped our blues serenely.To hump bluey is to carry ones swag, and the name bluey comes from the blue blankets.

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That's what Bluey Batcheldor said the other day when he came in and wanted to borrow a hundred dollars on his personal note.

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Once I made a mouse-trap of a beautiful large sheet of bluey paper, and it turned out to be an order come down to papa.

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