| 单词 | bluenose |
| 释义 | bluenose /blooh"nohz'/, n. 1. a puritanical person; prude. 2. (cap.) Also, Blue Nose. Canadian. an inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces, esp. of Nova Scotia. 3. Naut. Slang. a. a sailing vessel of Nova Scotia. b. a seaman on such a vessel. [1780-85 (def. 2, 3); 1925-30, Amer. (def. 1); BLUE + NOSE; (def. 1) cf. BLUE LAW, etc.; (def. 2, 3) orig. a derisive name for a person residing in Nova Scotia before the Loyalists' arrival; allegedly so called from a variety of potato with a bluish tip, though there is no certain evidence for this or any of various other explanations of the name] |
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