Bluey
swag2 (def 2).
a legal summons.
Historical Examples
Shavings Joseph C. Lincoln
Cap’n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Ade’s Fables George Ade
“Over There” with the Australians R. Hugh Knyvett
The Ranche on the Oxhide Henry Inman
Three Elephant Power Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson
Ulysses James Joyce
Little Miss Peggy Mrs. Molesworth
A Love Episode Emile Zola
The Ranche on the Oxhide Henry Inman
noun (Austral, informal)
a blanket
a swagman’s bundle
hump bluey, hump one’s bluey, to carry one’s bundle; tramp
(slang) a variant of blue (sense 13)
a cattle dog
a red-headed person
noun
a variant of Blue
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to mislead by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like: He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor. to gain by bluffing: He bluffed his way into the job. Poker. to deceive by a show of confidence in the strength of one’s cards. to mislead someone by presenting a bold, strong, or […]
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good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man. presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline: a bluff, precipitous headland. Nautical. (of the bow of a vessel) having a full, blunt form. a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face. North Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Prairie […]
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good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man. presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline: a bluff, precipitous headland. Nautical. (of the bow of a vessel) having a full, blunt form. a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face. North Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Prairie […]