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Blue book   /blu bʊk/   Listen
Blue book

noun
1.
A report published by the British government; bound in blue.
2.
A register of persons who are socially prominent.
3.
A blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations.






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"Blue book" Quotes from Famous Books



... 195th lay was bounded on the north by a river—dry in the winter. From his earliest years, Wee Willie Winkie had been forbidden to go across the river, and had noted that even Coppy—the almost almighty Coppy—had never set foot beyond it. Wee Willie Winkie had once been read to, out of a big blue book, the history of the Princess and the Goblins—a most wonderful tale of a land where the Goblins were always warring with the children of men until they were defeated by one Curdie. Ever since that date it seemed to him that the bare black and purple hills across the river ...
— The Short-story • William Patterson Atkinson

... libel which grew out of it. As luck would have it, it was on this that I had to interrogate my most unreliable witness. I had seen no clear and unbiased account so I had to read the many pages of Blue Book and Law Reports besides contemporary comment in various papers. I have no legal training, but one point stuck out like a spike. Cecil Chesterton had brought accusations against Godfrey Isaacs not only concerning his own past career as a company promoter, but also concerning his dealings with ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward

... that, if three more distinguished statesmen and another woman of letters can be prevailed upon to write piquant reviews of Mrs. ASQUITH'S autobiography, the sale of the work will probably greatly exceed the numbers of copies of the latest Blue Book issued by H.M. Stationery ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920 • Various

... of common gossip throughout the house. Meanwhile she made no allusion to it at breakfast, but her observation had been quickened by the events of the morning, and thus it was that she noticed and recognized the narrow blue book which was too long for her husband's breast-pocket, and would show itself as he stooped over his coffee. It was his check-book, and Rachel had not ...
— The Shadow of the Rope • E. W. Hornung



Words linked to "Blue book" :   report, directory, leaflet, written report, booklet, brochure, pamphlet, study, folder



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