Blue-blood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of blue blood. alt-of, alternative

    "For several years the Nopalito had been making experiments with an English breed of cattle that looked down with aristocratic contempt upon the Texas long-horns. The experiments were found satisfactory; and a pasture had been set aside for the blue-bloods."

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aristocratancestryarchdukearistocracyaristocrataristocraticalness

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"She's pure bred blue-blood you see. Unfortunately that's no sort of put-on but her natural self."

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