Bloodnut

Alternative forms

• blood nut
• blood-nut

Full definition of bloodnut

Noun

1. (Australia, informal) A person with red hair, a redhead.
• 2001, Tim Winton, , %22bloodnuts%22+-intitle:%22bloodnut%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hVP0Tq7bBc-JmQWehoCSAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bloodnut%22|%22bloodnuts%22%20-intitle%3A%22bloodnut%22&f=false page 185,He was a pugnacious bloodnut with a droll wit and a rollup fag on his lip.
• 2006, Bill Collopy, House of Given, %22bloodnuts%22+-intitle:%22bloodnut%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cFP0TqzZNI7ymAWP7JmuAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bloodnut%22|%22bloodnuts%22%20-intitle%3A%22bloodnut%22&f=false 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, %22bloodnuts%22+-intitle:%22bloodnut%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hVP0Tq7bBc-JmQWehoCSAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bloodnut%22|%22bloodnuts%22%20-intitle%3A%22bloodnut%22&f=false 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.