Blue-bottle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of bluebottle. alt-of, alternative

    "To-morrow there is a party of purple at the “blue” Miss Berry’s. Shall I go? um!—I don’t much affect your blue-bottles;—but one ought to be civil."

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bachelor's buttonblue antblue antbobbybullcalliphora vicina

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"To-morrow there is a party of purple at the “blue” Miss Berry’s. Shall I go? um!—I don’t much affect your blue-bottles;—but one ought to be civil."

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