bluenose
a puritanical person; prude.
(initial capital letter)Also Blue Nose .Canadian. an inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces, especially of Nova Scotia.
Nautical Slang.
a sailing vessel of Nova Scotia.
a seaman on such a vessel.
Origin of bluenose
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How to use bluenose in a sentence
He came from Nova Scotia, too, and called himself a typical bluenose.
Dorothy's Travels | Evelyn RaymondShe was making westing, and the Olympian bluenose aft was driving his wind-harried steed up into fairer and warmer latitudes.
The Viking Blood | Frederick William WallaceNot like aour old bluenose packets, whittled out of the bush above tide-water, eh?
The Viking Blood | Frederick William WallaceDonald smiled to himself at the thought of the hard-case bluenose mate having a penchant for chocolate “fudge.”
The Viking Blood | Frederick William WallaceYour lazy lime-juice shell-backs give Yankee and bluenose ships a hard name.
The Viking Blood | Frederick William Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for bluenose
/ (ˈbluːˌnəʊz) /
US slang a puritanical or prudish person
(often capital) informal a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia
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