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blerry

blerry adjective: bloody.

Adjective

blerry (comparative more blerry, superlative most blerry)

  1. (South Africa, slang) Bloody.
    • “He's not the sort of man you can order about. If He wants you to suffer, you blerry well suffer.”1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 90

Forms of blerry

comparativemore blerry
superlativemost blerry

Origin of blerry

Representing a South African pronunciation of bloody.

Questions about blerry

What does blerry mean?
Blerry means bloody.
What part of speech is blerry?
Blerry is an adjective.

Words near blerry in the dictionary

  1. blerd
  2. blerds
  3. blerg
  4. blergh
  5. blerrie
  6. blerry
  7. blesbok
  8. blesboks
  9. blesbuck
  10. blesbucks
  11. Blesh

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