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bloodnut

bloodnut noun: a person with red hair, a redhead.

Noun

bloodnut (plural bloodnuts)

  1. (Australia, informal) A person with red hair, a redhead.
    • He was a pugnacious bloodnut with a droll wit and a rollup fag on his lip.2001, Tim Winton, Dirt Music, page 185
    • “Red” his mates called him: a wild bloodnut like his father, and like his late uncles before Tobruk sands claimed them.2006, Bill Collopy, House of Given, page 13

Forms of bloodnut

pluralbloodnuts
alternative formblood nut
alternative formblood-nut

Origin of bloodnut

From blood (“red”) + nut (“head”).

Questions about bloodnut

What does bloodnut mean?
Bloodnut means a person with red hair, a redhead.
What part of speech is bloodnut?
Bloodnut is a noun.
What is the plural of bloodnut?
The plural of bloodnut is bloodnuts.

Words near bloodnut in the dictionary

  1. bloodmobiles
  2. bloodmonger
  3. bloodmongers
  4. bloodmouth
  5. bloodmouths
  6. bloodnut
  7. bloodnuts
  8. bloodplay
  9. bloodproof
  10. bloodred
  11. bloodreds

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