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Etymology
blood (“red”) + nut (“head”)
Pronunciation
Noun
bloodnut (plural bloodnuts)
- (Australia, informal) A person with red hair, a redhead.
2001, Tim Winton, Dirt Music, page 185:He was a pugnacious bloodnut with a droll wit and a rollup fag on his lip.
2006, Bill Collopy, House of Given, page 13:“Red” his mates called him: a wild bloodnut like his father, and like his late uncles before Tobruk sands claimed them.
2011, Christopher Kremmer, The Chase, unnumbered page: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.
Usage notes
Sometimes used, capitalised, as a nickname.
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