blue riband
blue ribband
Also called (esp US): blue ribbon (sometimes capitals) the record for the fastest sea journey between two places, esp (in the 1920s and 30s) for a passenger liner between New York and Southampton
the most distinguished achievement in any field
(as modifier): the blue-riband event of the meeting
Words Nearby blue riband
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use blue riband in a sentence
A well-ordered dinner-table is a social microcosm; and, being so, this is the blue riband of the arrangement.
The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. I (of 2) | Eliza Lynn LintonAt Chedzoy he stopped a moment to mount a fresh horse and to hide his blue riband and his George.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThey were delicately bound together, too, by a bright blue riband, fastened by a gold and turquoise pin.
Henrietta Temple | Benjamin DisraeliBy the blue riband alone could the young subject of this 'good sort of man' discern that he was in the presence of majesty.
The Wits and Beaux of Society | Grace & Philip WhartonA star caught it to its white-edged blue riband—and that was the coveted Star of India.
The Tempering | Charles Neville Buck
Browse