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blue heeler

blue heeler noun: a blue-coated variety of the Australian Cattle Dog breed.

blue heeler: a blue-coated variety of the Australian Cattle Dog breed
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Noun

blue heeler (plural blue heelers)

  1. (Australia) A blue-coated variety of the Australian Cattle Dog breed.
    • Shorty the Sixth, as he was sometimes called, had been a very winning puppy, and they had kept him at home until he began to exhibit the same tendencies that Duane's blue heelers always exhibited, that is, a tendency to herd children in the same way they would have herded cattle or sheep: they...2003, Larry McMurtry, Duane's Depressed, page 75
    • He always has his blue heeler dog in his office tucked away under his feet or near the door.2007, Graham Greenwood, A Truckie's Dream: The Allan Scott Story : His Official Biography, page 113
  2. (Australia, slang) A police officer.
    • “Take a gander son, but be quick about it,” he said lighting a cigarette. “The blue heelers come by here and start snoopin about.”2008, Deborah N. David, The Janus Project, page 382

Forms of blue heeler

pluralblue heelers

Questions about blue heeler

What does blue heeler mean?
Blue heeler means a blue-coated variety of the Australian Cattle Dog breed.
What part of speech is blue heeler?
Blue heeler is a noun.
What is the plural of blue heeler?
The plural of blue heeler is blue heelers.

Words near blue heeler in the dictionary

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  2. Blue Hawaiis
  3. Blue Hawke
  4. blue heaven
  5. blue heavens
  6. blue heeler
  7. blue heelers
  8. blue helmet
  9. blue helmets
  10. blue hen
  11. Blue Hen State

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