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Origin of bluecoat
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Pauline Thompson, 69, from Immingham in Lincolnshire, worked as a bluecoat at the park from 1973 to 1976.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023
However, Pauline is still in touch with friends she made during her bluecoat summers in the 1970s, with a group even making the trip back to north Wales for a reunion last year.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023
Says the bluecoat: "It just seems like never."
From Time Magazine Archive
But, after two years had passed, many a bluecoat began to guess hopefully that the king of U.S. bank robbers must be dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed, there is nothing in the return of the birds more curious and suggestive than in the first appearance, or rumors of the appearance, of this little bluecoat.
From Eighth Reader by Baldwin, James
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