bluebook
Britishnoun
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(in Britain) a government publication bound in a stiff blue paper cover: usually the report of a royal commission or a committee
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informal a register of well-known people
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(in Canada) an annual statement of government accounts
Example Sentences
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The look she gave me made it plain that in her bluebook the value of a ’41 model Gilmore Henry was lower than net income after taxes.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service hasn’t issued any guidance on the alimony tax change, but some answers could come in the bluebook, Congress’s official handbook explaining the law, expected to be released this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2018
"The list, as a whole," the report observed, "reads like a bluebook of American industry."
From Time Magazine Archive
The guest list read like a bluebook of aviation, and most of the guests, now generals, admirals, statesmen or heads of corporations, had known and admired Von Karman and his eccentric genius for decades.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hand me the latest bluebook, with the reports....
From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)
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