bluey

[ bloo-ee ]

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

Origin of bluey

1
1795–1805; blue + -y2; (def. 1) so called because usually wrapped in a blue blanket; (def. 2) so called from its blue binder

Words Nearby bluey

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How to use bluey in a sentence

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

    Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • 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.

    The Old Bush Songs | A. B. Paterson
  • That's what bluey Batcheldor said the other day when he came in and wanted to borrow a hundred dollars on his personal note.

    Shavings | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • 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.

    The Two Sides of the Shield | Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for bluey (1 of 2)

bluey

/ (ˈbluːɪ) /


nounAustralian informal
  1. a blanket

  2. a swagman's bundle

  1. hump bluey or hump one's bluey to carry one's bundle; tramp

  2. slang a variant of blue (def. 13)

  3. a cattle dog

  4. a red-headed person

Origin of bluey

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

British Dictionary definitions for Bluey (2 of 2)

Bluey

/ (ˈbluːɪ) /


noun
  1. a variant of Blue

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