Bluer

//ˈbluː.ə(ɹ)// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School. UK

    "Bluer buttons illustrate the principle of 'keeping under'. The Knoll rule book states: 'It is a one year priv. [privilege] to have the bottom button on one's bluer undone [and] a three summer priv. to have all the buttons of one's bluer undone.'"

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of blue: more blue comparative, form-of

Synonyms

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blue

Example

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"When my father heard my wife was pregnant, he couldn't have talked a bluer streak."

Etymology

From blue + -er (“Oxford -er”). Used at Harrow School in London, United Kingdom.

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