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bluey |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bluey \Blue"y\, n. [From {Blue}, a.] [Australasia] 1. A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color. We had to wring our blueys. --Lawson. 2. A bushman's bundle; a swag; -- so called because a blanket is sometimes used as the outside covering. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swag \Swag\, n. [Australia] a A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a {bluey}, or a {drum}. b Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up hence luggage in general. He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself. --Lawson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bluey \Blue"y\,a. Bluish. --Southey.
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