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单词 bluenose
释义 bluenose
 /blooh"nohz'/,  n.  
  1. a puritanical person; prude.
  2. (cap.) Also, Blue Nose. Canadian. an inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces, esp. of Nova Scotia.
  3.  Naut. Slang.  
   a. a sailing vessel of Nova Scotia.
   b. a seaman on such a vessel.
 [1780-85 (def. 2, 3); 1925-30, Amer. (def. 1); BLUE + NOSE; (def. 1) cf. BLUE LAW, etc.; (def. 2, 3) orig. 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]
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