Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bluey

Bluey ({not transcribed}) , adjective

Bluish. — Southey

Bluey , noun

[From Blue, a.]

1.
A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color. [Australasia]
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.