Bluey

bluey English <dab!> Etymology en :af blue<id:hue> -y<id:diminutive> + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈbluː.i/ RP en /ˈblu.i/ GA en /ˈblʉː.iː/ RP en EN-AU ck1 Bluey.ogg AU en uːi 2 en blue y Proper noun en Australia slang A nickname commonly given to a red-headed person. en 1999 w:Louis Nowra The Twelfth of Never 228 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MPzQenJ4NWwC&pg=PA228&dq=%22Bluey%22+red+OR+hair+OR+redhead+-intitle:%22Bluey%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NNX5TvXfNczvmAW26by6Ag&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Bluey%22%20red%20OR%20hair%20OR%20redhead%20-intitle%3A%22Bluey%22&f=false He was a freckled red-haired boy called Bluey. en 2009 Duke Boyd; Jeff Divine; Steve Pezman Legends of Surfing: The Greatest Surfriders from Duke Kahanamoku to Kelly Slater http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gc54QCRCypIC&pg=PA24&dq=%22Bluey%22+-intitle:%22Bluey%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=38j5TsH9CoXgmAWUlJW5Dg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Bluey%22%20-intitle%3A%22Bluey%22&f=false 24 Bluey, who of course was a redhead, started out surfing on his mom's ironing board when he was a grommet of six years of age. en 2010 Jeff McMullen A Life of Extremes http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AzcMjr33_q4C&pg=PT4&dq=%22Bluey%22+red+OR+hair+OR+redhead+-intitle:%22Bluey%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mc35TvPyM6XymAXC4dCYAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Bluey%22%20red%20OR%20hair%20OR%20redhead%20-intitle%3A%22Bluey%22&f=false unnumbered A smile spread slowly across Bluey′s red-whiskered face as the boy went to find his hoe, the one Dad had given him to start a garden in the bush. Translations nickname commonly given to a red-headed person French: fr poil de carotte, fr rouquin m, fr rouquine f Polish: pl marchewka, pl wiewiórka, pl rudzielec See also Bluey (TV series) en Blueysona, en friend of Bluey en bloodnut en ranga en Hair People