blanky
blanky adjective: a mild intensifier, expressing irritation. Also the alternative form of blankie.
Adjective
blanky (not comparable)
- A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
- ‘When I peg out,’ Dan said, throwing down his shovel, ‘I hope there’ll be none o’ this humbug about me. Sling me up into the fork of a blanky tree, that’ll be enough!’1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 77
- […] Bill was a wonderful instructor.
"'Mark time on that blanky clutch,' he'd yell, and Spud would put his foot on the brake-pedal.1914, Edgar Wallace, Smithy
Also used as
blanky is also the alternative form of blankie.
Examples of blanky in a sentence
- Give you my word I was so blanky tired I hardly heard the blanky trains go over it."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 71:
- Why, strike me pink, I'd sooner drink / With a cove sent up for arson / Than a rain-beseeching, preaching, teaching, / Blanky, cranky parson.1974, Bill Wannan, With Malice Aforethought, page 85:
Forms of blanky
| plural | blankies |
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Origin of blanky
A euphemistic substitution for the expletive bloody.
Shortened from blanket + -y.
Questions about blanky
- What does blanky mean?
- Blanky means a mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
- How do you use blanky in a sentence?
- Give you my word I was so blanky tired I hardly heard the blanky trains go over it."
- What part of speech is blanky?
- Blanky is an adjective.
Words near blanky in the dictionary
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