blue book
or bluebook
a register or directory of socially prominent persons.
any register or directory, as of major companies or officials.
a blank book used in taking college examinations, usually with a blue cover.
a British parliamentary or other publication bound in a blue cover.
(initial capital letters)Trademark. a reference manual listing the current market value of used cars by model and year of manufacture.
a similar manual listing the market value of other items, appliances, etc.
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How to use blue book in a sentence
blue book on this rig is about $750,000, and we got it for nothing.
Why Does My Kids’ Elementary School Need a Tank? | Andy Hinds | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYoon's letter also noted the change to the "blue book"—the U.N. directory of missions.
I do not want to tell of these things here, evidence of them can be had from any official document or blue-book.
Private Peat | Harold R. PeatMichael was handed a thin sky-blue book labelled Office of the B.V.M.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieThe book is to be accepted, therefore, simply as a blue-book of useful information.
He is probably sipping a cup of coffee over a blue-book in dignified retirement.
The Prime Minister | Anthony TrollopeThe next subject that has filled our chat lately has been the blue book on Vivisection, which you would like to look into.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) | George Eliot
British Dictionary definitions for bluebook
(in Britain) a government publication bound in a stiff blue paper cover: usually the report of a royal commission or a committee
informal, mainly US a register of well-known people
(in Canada) an annual statement of government accounts
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