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Definition of Blue book

1. Noun. A report published by the British government; bound in blue.

2. Noun. A register of persons who are socially prominent.

3. Noun. A blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Book

blue African lily blue air blue angel blue ash blue asphyxia blue atrophy blue beech blue beeches blue bellies blue belly

blue beret blue blood blue bloods blue book (current term) blue book exam blue book exams blue box blue boxes blue bugle blue bull

blue card blue cardinal flower blue cards blue cat blue cataract blue catfish blue chamber blue chambers

Literary usage of Blue book

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"blue book of American shipping. $5. Marine- Review Pub., Cleveland, O. Farm implement news buyer's guide: annual. English. Pitman, 1: S5c. Pitman. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"Blue-Book Repon : United States, No. 2. Great Britain and Ireland. ... Blue-Book Iio|>ort : Treaty Series, Xo. 10. Great Britain and Ireland. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... (blue book, 1911); for thirteen read fourteen; for five read six; for Society read Missionaries of the Company; ..."

4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1875)
"II.—1. History of Jamaica. By WJ Gardner. London,. 1873. 2. Report on the Jamaica Blue Booh for 1872. By Governor Sir JP Grant, KCB (Colonial blue book, ..."

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