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Blue law

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Noun
  1. 1
    A restrictive religious-based law in colonial New England, especially preventing leisure activities on a Sunday. Canada, US, historical

    "Years ago, because of the Blue Laws, we couldn't serve drinks on Sunday over the bar, so we set up tables in the aisles. And we'd have different acts on a stage up front."

  2. 2
    a statute regulating work on Sundays wordnet
  3. 3
    Any puritanical or restrictive law, especially one that prohibits or restricts commercial activity on a Sunday. Canada, US, broadly

    "[I]t's actually a way around the Swiss blue laws demanding that shops close from Saturday afternoon until Monday morning. The laws apply everywhere but the airport, so they built a massive supermarket in the Swiss Air terminal."

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