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ˈblue book, ˈblue-book
a. A book bound in blue; spec. one of the official reports of Parliament and the Privy Council, which are issued in a dark blue paper cover; also in extended use.
1633S. Goffe Let. 7 Nov. in Cal. State Papers (1863) 279 Dr. Ames's death has put them in hope that they shall not be troubled so much with blue books as heretofore. 1715Ashmole Hist. Ord. Garter vi. 155 The second of these Books is called the Blue Book; so called, being bound in Blue velvet; it begins with the first year of Queen Mary, and ends at the 18th of King Jac. i. 1793Gent. Mag. LXIII. 59/2 A work which, among the Roman Catholicks, is known by the name of ‘The Third Blue Book’. 1824(title) The Royal Blue Book [published by T. Gardiner & Son, Princes St.]. 1845Disraeli Sybil (1863) 185 On another table were arranged his parliamentary papers, and piles of blue books. 1848(title) The Blue Book of the British Manufacturers. 1909B. Ward Dawn Cath. Revival I. i. 2 It is described in the Third Blue Book as follows. Note, The Blue Books were the official publications of the Catholic Committee. 1912Conan Doyle Lost World vi. 89, I was the flail of the Lord up in those parts, I may tell you, though you won't find it in any Blue-book. 1928Daily Tel. 5 May 7/6 The ‘Blue Book’, the directory..of the electrical engineering and allied trades. 1967Listener 10 Aug. 173/3 What was new was the copious Blue Book documentation that Marx gave.
fig.1881Seeley in Macm. Mag. XLV. 51/1 History..is the great Blue-book of the statesman.
b. U.S. ‘A printed book containing the names of all persons holding office under the government of the United States, with their place of birth, amount of salary, etc.’ Bartlett Dict. Amer. (1860).
1836Benton in Deb. Congress June 1719 An array of names more numerous..than was to be found in the ‘Blue Book’. 1904Brooklyn Eagle 7 Sept. 5 The bulky Blue Book of the present day..is in two volumes, each of more than 1000 pages.
Hence blue-booky a., blue-bookiness.
1894Speaker 9 June 649/1 A dry, blue-booky article. 1909Fabian News XX. 76/1 His volume is..readable, notwithstanding the complete blue bookiness of its contents. |