bluer
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bluer
- comparative form of blue: more blue
Etymology 2[edit]
blue + -er (“Oxford -er”). Used at Harrow School in London, United Kingdom.
Noun[edit]
bluer (plural bluers)
- (UK, school slang) A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.
- 1981, James Anthony Mangan, Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School, Psychology Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 170:
- 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.'
- 2011, Justin Evans, “Voraciously”, in The White Devil:
- He was alone in his room, in his bluer and his tie, seated on a chair, leaning over his bed like a desk—his preferred way to study—holding the stapled pages of the script, muttering the words.
Related terms[edit]
- greyers (“grey uniform trousers”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
bluer (plural bluers)
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