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blueys

blueys is the plural of bluey.

Meaning of bluey

Noun

bluey (countable and uncountable, plural blueys)

  1. (colloquial) The metal lead.
  2. (Australia, colloquial) A bushman's blanket.
    • Then we had to wring our blueys which were rotting in the swags, /And we saw the sugar leaking through the bottoms of the bags […]1896, Henry Lawson, In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses
  3. (Australia, colloquial) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
    • ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 318
  4. (Australia, colloquial) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
  5. (Australia, colloquial) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
  6. (Australia, colloquial) A bluebottle.

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Questions about blueys

What is blueys the plural of?
Blueys is the plural of bluey.

Words near blueys in the dictionary

  1. bluewing
  2. bluewings
  3. bluewood
  4. bluewoods
  5. bluey
  6. blueys
  7. Blueys Beach
  8. Blueysona
  9. Blueysonas
  10. BLUF
  11. bluff

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