blowie
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9.9
- noun
- Australian
:
mosca de la carne
- During summer, you can often find a blowie hovering near the trash cans.
Examples
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The blowie landed on the picnic table, annoying everyone eating outside.
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A blowie buzzed around the room, making it hard to concentrate.
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I got my first blowie when this song was playing.
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Someone in desperate need of a blowie?
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She gave me the best blowie of my life.
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And she hasn't given me a blowie since my birthday five years ago!
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Fancy giving us a quick blowie while Nicki's out?
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Next one'll cost ya a blowie.
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So, maybe we should just go upstairs and make some sort of a deal 'cause at the end of the day all I want's a blowie.
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Men, we understand it: a tap-in blowie is not something that comes around every day, and when it does, the window of opportunity is usually a short one.
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Synonyms
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7.8
A large shiny fly that lays eggs in dead animals, dung, or wounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blowie comes from the common fly name blowfly plus the Australian -ie ending that makes words sound friendly, as in Aussie. So think of a big, noisy 'blowfly' with a casual name, which is why blowie means a large, noisy fly.