blue
noun
the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nanometers.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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If I'd been on my own I'd have blued it a week ago.
From Over the Sliprails by Henry Lawson