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Cambridge blue

noun

  1. a lightish blue colour
  2. (as adjective)a Cambridge-blue scarf
a person who has been awarded a blue from Cambridge University

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Example sentences from the Web for Cambridge blue

  • There were cavalry officers in natty little Cambridge-blue tunics, and troopers with tunics of a deeper shade of blue.

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