- bluey
- Noun. A £5 note (sterling). Because of its colour.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
bluey
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Bluey — may refer to: *Blue, or bluish, having a colour similar to blue *Red, or reddish in Australian slang, especially red hair *Jean Paul Bluey Maunick (born 1957), musician, founder of the band Incognito * Bluey (TV series), an Australian television… … Wikipedia
Bluey — (né le 7 juin 1910 et mort le 14 novembre 1939), était un chien Bouvier australien, appartenant à Les et Esma Hall, qui habitaient dans la ville de Rochester, située dans l État de Victoria, en Australie. Il aurait vécu 29 ans, 6 mois et 12 jours … Wikipédia en Français
Bluey — Blue y,a. Bluish. Southey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bluey — Blue y, n. [From {Blue}, a.] [Australasia] 1. A bushman s blanket; named from its color. [1913 Webster] We had to wring our blueys. Lawson. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A bushman s bundle; a swag; so called because a blanket is sometimes used as the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bluey — The word bluey in Australian English has a variety of meanings. The most common is the swag (i.e. the collection of possessions and daily necessaries carried by a person travelling, usually on foot, in the bush) so called because the outer… … Australian idioms
bluey — Swag Swag, n. 1. A swaying, irregular motion. [1913 Webster] 2. A burglar s or thief s booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] Charles Reade. [1913 Webster] 3. [Australia] (a) A tramping bushman s luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bluey — bluish UK [ˈbluːɪʃ] / US [ˈbluɪʃ] or bluey UK [ˈbluːɪ] / US [ˈbluɪ] adjective similar to blue or slightly blue in colour … English dictionary
Bluey and Curley — is an Australian newspaper comic strip written by Alex Gurney.The series stars two Australian soldiers. The Essential Guide to World Comics by Tim Pilcher and Brad Brooks says that Bluey and Curley became popular with Australians because they… … Wikipedia
Bluey (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Bluey genre = Crime drama writer = Jock Blair, Ian Jones, Vincent Moran, James Wulf Simmonds, Everett De Roche, Robert Caswell, John Drew, Tom Hegarty, Gregory Lindsay Scott, Gwenda Marsh, Colin Eggleston, David… … Wikipedia
Bluey Wilkinson — Infobox Speedway rider ridername= Bluey Wilkinson nationality = flagicon|Australia Australia dateofbirth = Birth date|1911|8|27|mf=y dateofdeath = death date and age|1940|7|27|1911|8|27|df=y cityofbirth = Millthorpe countryofbirth = Australia… … Wikipedia
Bluey (Australian cattle dog) — Infobox actor bgcolour = orange imagesize = 200px name = Bluey birthname = Bluey Les Hall birthdate = June 7, 1910 location = flagicon|AUS Rochester, Victoria, Australia deathdate = November 14 1939 (aged 29) deathplace = Rochester, Victoria,… … Wikipedia
