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bluey
(gcide) | Swag \Swag\, n.
1. A swaying, irregular motion.
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2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang]
--Charles Reade.
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3. [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.
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Bluey
(gcide) | Bluey \Blue"y\,a.
Bluish. --Southey.
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Bluey
(gcide) | Bluey \Blue"y\, n. [From Blue, a.] [Australasia]
1. A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color.
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We had to wring our blueys. --Lawson.
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2. A bushman's bundle; a swag; -- so called because a blanket
is sometimes used as the outside covering.
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Bluey
(gcide) | 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 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Bluey \Blue"y\,a.
Bluish. --Southey.
[1913 Webster]Bluey \Blue"y\, n. [From Blue, a.] [Australasia]
1. A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color.
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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 outside covering.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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