bluenose
[ bloo-nohz ]
/ ˈbluˌnoʊz /
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noun
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.
RELATED WORDS
demure, spruce, tidy, correct, uncluttered, Victorian, ceremonial, ceremonious, choosy, cleanly, conventional, dapper, decorous, fastidious, formal, genteel, good, goody-goody, nice, orderly
Nearby words
- bluejacket,
- bluejacking,
- blueline,
- bluely,
- blueness,
- bluepoint,
- blueprint,
- blueprinting,
- blues,
- blues-rock
Origin of bluenose
1780–85 (def 2, 3); 1925–30, Americanism (def 1); blue + nose; (def 1) cf. blue law, etc.; (def 2, 3) originally a derisive name for a person residing in Nova Scotia before the Loyalists' arrival; allegedly so called from a variety of potato with a bluish tip, though there is no certain evidence for this or any of various other explanations of the name
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bluenose
/ (ˈbluːˌnəʊz) /
noun
US slang a puritanical or prudish person
(often capital) informal a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia
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