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bloodnut en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From blood (“red”) + nut (“head”).

Meanings

1. (Australia, informal) A person with red hair, a redhead.
   • He looked younger, thinner, was pale and unshaven, the image of a man on a bender, complete with a red-haired partner in crime. ‘I say, Howard, your chief chemist would look ree-mahr-kable on a polo pony, don′t think?’ said the bloodnut, who reeked of alcohol and stale tobacco. 2011, Christopher Kremmer, The Chase, unnumbered page:
   • “Red” his mates called him: a wild bloodnut like his father, and like his late uncles before Tobruk sands claimed them. 2006, Bill Collopy, House of Given, page 13:
   • He was a pugnacious bloodnut with a droll wit and a rollup fag on his lip. 2001, Tim Winton, Dirt Music, page 185:

Forms

Relateds

ranga · Bluey

Translations (3)

fr rouquine (person with red hair, informal) · sv rödtott (person with red hair, informal) · fr rouquin (person with red hair, informal)