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bluey
CIDE DICTIONARY
bluey, a.
Bluish. Southey. [1913 Webster]
- A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color. [1913 Webster]"We had to wring our blueys." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A bushman's bundle; a swag; -- so called because a blanket is sometimes used as the outside covering. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bluey, n. (pl. -eys) Austral. colloq.
1 a bundle carried by a bushman.
2 = BLUE n. 7b.
1 a bundle carried by a bushman.
2 = BLUE n. 7b.
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