Definition of "bluey"

bluey

/ˈbluː.i/

adjective
comparative more bluey, superlative most bluey
1. Having a colour similar to blue.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural blueys
1. (slang) The metal lead.
2. (Australian slang) A bushman's blanket.
  Quotations
  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. (Australian slang) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
  Quotations
  ‘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. (Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
5. (Australian slang) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
6. (Australia) A bluebottle.
7. (Australia, medicine) A disposable underpad.
8. (informal) A blue film.
9. (Australian slang) A person with red hair.