Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bluey"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bluey \Blue"y\, n. [From {Blue}, a.] [Australasia]
1. A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color.
We had to wring our blueys. --Lawson.
2. A bushman's bundle; a swag; -- so called because a blanket
is sometimes used as the outside covering.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swag \Swag\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bluey \Blue"y\,a.
Bluish. --Southey.
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