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

Everything else in life can go bluey and their work will see them through.

From Believe You Me! by Putnam, Nina Wilcox

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)

All bluey white they’ll be, and each one so scared by the sight of the other that they’ll hardly dare to breathe.

From Pixie O'Shaughnessy by Groome, William H. C.