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

Look more, Hal—does you see a teeny, teeny white spot on the bluey hill?

From Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story by Molesworth, Mrs.

Beside the bluey trees long purple stripes of shadow now lay, with fallen clusters of branches, on the plain.

From The Path of Life by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

"See, Hal," she said, "over there, far, far away, neely in the sky, does you see that bluey hill?"

From Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story by Molesworth, Mrs.