blue law
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blue law
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — It is still illegal to buy alcohol at a liquor store on Sunday in Indiana, a red state holding fast to an old blue law.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2015
Ever since, every blue law seems inevitably to have picked up similar variations.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the week Lord Renfrew received telegrams and letters from blue law exponents urging him to give up his Sunday golf.
From Time Magazine Archive
A "blue law" bill was under discussion by the House Committee on the District of Columbia.
From Time Magazine Archive
A favorite assertion was that I was enforcing a "blue" law, an obsolete law that had never before been enforced.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore
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