bluenose

[ bloo-nohz ]

/ ˈbluˌnoʊz /

noun

a puritanical person; prude.

(initial capital letter)Also Blue Nose .Canadian. an inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces, especially of Nova Scotia.

Nautical Slang.

a sailing vessel of Nova Scotia.
a seaman on such a vessel.

Origin of bluenose

1780–85 (def. 2, 3); 1925–30, Americanism(def. 1); blue + nose; (def. 1) cf. blue law, etc.; (def. 2, 3) originally a derisive name for a person residing in Nova Scotia before the Loyalists' arrival; allegedly so called from a variety of potato with a bluish tip, though there is no certain evidence for this or any of various other explanations of the name

Words nearby bluenose

blue myrtle, blueness, blue nevus, Blue Nile, blue norther, bluenose, blue note, blue-on-blue, blue-pencil, blue peter, blue phlox

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Example sentences from the Web for bluenose

They clustered round Bluenose, and each gaining the best footing possible in the circumstances, seized hold of the rope.
The Lifeboat|R.M. Ballantyne
No Yankee or Bluenose officer ever man-handled a good seaman.
The Viking Blood|Frederick William Wallace
At the time of his arrival in “bluenose land” he was little more than four years old.
Glimpses of the Past|W. O. Raymond
Your lazy lime-juice shell-backs give Yankee and Bluenose ships a hard name.
The Viking Blood|Frederick William Wallace

All of them returned the following morning except Bradley, the hirsute Bluenose who lost my fish for me on the passage out.
The Log of a Sea-Waif|Frank T. Bullen

British Dictionary definitions for bluenose

bluenose

/ (ˈbluːˌnəʊz) /

noun

US slang a puritanical or prudish person

(often capital) informal a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia

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单词	bluenose
释义	bluenose [ bloo-nohz ] / ˈbluˌnoʊz / noun a puritanical person; prude. (initial capital letter)Also Blue Nose .Canadian. an inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces, especially of Nova Scotia. Nautical Slang. a sailing vessel of Nova Scotia. a seaman on such a vessel. Origin of bluenose 1780–85 (def. 2, 3); 1925–30, Americanism(def. 1); blue + nose; (def. 1) cf. blue law, etc.; (def. 2, 3) originally a derisive name for a person residing in Nova Scotia before the Loyalists' arrival; allegedly so called from a variety of potato with a bluish tip, though there is no certain evidence for this or any of various other explanations of the name Words nearby bluenose blue myrtle, blueness, blue nevus, Blue Nile, blue norther, bluenose, blue note, blue-on-blue, blue-pencil, blue peter, blue phlox Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bluenose They clustered round Bluenose, and each gaining the best footing possible in the circumstances, seized hold of the rope. The Lifeboat\|R.M. Ballantyne No Yankee or Bluenose officer ever man-handled a good seaman. The Viking Blood\|Frederick William Wallace At the time of his arrival in “bluenose land” he was little more than four years old. Glimpses of the Past\|W. O. Raymond Your lazy lime-juice shell-backs give Yankee and Bluenose ships a hard name. The Viking Blood\|Frederick William Wallace All of them returned the following morning except Bradley, the hirsute Bluenose who lost my fish for me on the passage out. The Log of a Sea-Waif\|Frank T. Bullen British Dictionary definitions for bluenose bluenose / (ˈbluːˌnəʊz) / noun US slang a puritanical or prudish person (often capital) informal a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bluenose demure, spruce, tidy, correct, uncluttered, stickling, ceremonial, ceremonious, choosy, cleanly, conventional, dapper, decorous, fastidious, formal, genteel, good, goody-goody, nice, orderly
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bluenose

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