"blanky" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-blanky.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: A euphemistic substitution for the expletive bloody. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} blanky (not comparable)
  1. (Australia, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. Tags: Australia, not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-blanky-en-adj-hhPbX8sj Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-blanky.ogg [Australia] Forms: blankies [plural]
Etymology: Shortened from blanket + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blanket|y}} blanket + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} blanky (plural blankies)
  1. Alternative form of blankie Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: blankie
    Sense id: en-blanky-en-noun-r6gUEGPj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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