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bluey

[ bloo-ee ]

noun

, Australian.
, plural blue·ys.
  1. a legal summons.


Bluey

1

/ ˈbluːɪ /

noun

  1. a variant of Blue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


bluey

2

/ ˈbluːɪ /

noun

  1. a blanket
  2. a swagman's bundle
  3. hump bluey or hump one's bluey
    to carry one's bundle; tramp
  4. slang.
    a variant of blue
  5. a cattle dog
  6. a red-headed person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bluey1

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

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

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

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

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

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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