blue nose

See also: bluenose

English

Etymology

Coined in references to the color blue as the color of the Presbyterians.[1]

Noun

blue nose (plural blue noses)

  1. (derogatory) Alternative form of bluenose.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "blue nose". Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.