English

Proper noun

Bluey

1. (Australia, slang) A nickname commonly given to a red-headed person.
   • 1999, Louis Nowra, The Twelfth of Never, page 228,

     He was a freckled red-haired boy called Bluey.

   • 2009, Duke Boyd, Jeff Divine, Steve Pezman, Legends of Surfing: The Greatest Surfriders from Duke Kahanamoku to Kelly Slater, page 24,

     Bluey, who of course was a redhead, started out surfing on his mom's ironing board when he was a grommet of six years of age.

   • 2010, Jeff McMullen, A Life of Extremes, unnumbered page,

     A smile spread slowly across Bluey′s red-whiskered face as the boy went to find his hoe, the one Dad had given him to start a garden in the bush.

Translations

English

Adjective

bluey ‎(comparative more bluey, superlative most bluey)

1. Having a colour similar to blue.

Synonyms

• blueish

Noun

bluey ‎(plural blueys)

1. (slang) Lead.
2. (Australian slang) A bushman's blanket.
   • Henry Lawson

     Then we had to wring our blueys which were rotting in the swags, /And we saw the sugar leaking through the bottoms of the bags […]

3. (Australian slang) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 318:

     ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.

4. (Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
5. (Australian slang) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
6. (Australia) A bluebottle