blue heeler

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blue heeler

noun blue heelers

Australia A blue-coated variety of the Australian Cattle Dog breed. Shorty the Sixth, as he was sometimes called, had been a very winning puppy, and they had kept him at home until he began to exhibit the same tendencies that Duane's blue heelers always exhibited, that is, a tendency to herd children in the same way they would have herded cattle or sheep: they nippe
Australia, slang A police officer. “Take a gander son, but be quick about it,” he said lighting a cigarette. “The blue heelers come by here and start snoopin about.”

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@misc{blue_heeler_2026,
  title = {blue heeler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blue%20heeler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}