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blue heelers

blue heelers is the plural of blue heeler.

Meaning of blue heeler

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
  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

Questions about blue heelers

What is blue heelers the plural of?
Blue heelers is the plural of blue heeler.

Words near blue heelers in the dictionary

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

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