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Definition of Blue ribbon
1. Noun. An honor or award gained for excellence.
Definition of Blue ribbon
1. Noun. The highest honor or or prize awarded in some competitions and contests. ¹
2. Noun. A badge worn or displayed to advocate freedom from online censorship. ¹
3. Adjective. Very superior in quality, style, or substance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Ribbon
Literary usage of Blue ribbon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"toasting a blue ribbon /hy Benton County, Oregon, is Prize-winning Subdivision
of the Famed Willamette Valley —The Claims of Corvallis By M. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The Militia Long Service Medal (1904) has a light blue ribbon, the Imperial
Yeomanry Long Service Medal a yellow ribbon, the Honourable Artillery Company's ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1911)
"Д N old farmer, exhibiting a fine pet bull at the county fair, after winning the
blue ribbon, decided to ** have a look at the other animals. ..."
4. Good Will, Trade-marks and Unfair Trading by Edward Sidney Rogers (1914)
"The beer with the words "blue ribbon" on the label was not "blue ribbon" beer
... The thirsty citizen who ordered "blue ribbon" beer and was served with the ..."
5. The Foundation of death: A Study of the Drink-question by Axel Gustafson (1885)
"Many thin that the wearing of the blue ribbon is a childish sign an ...
thus expressed himself relative to the blue ribbon movement:— " From the first, ..."
6. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (1897)
"In the distance it looked like a blue ribbon stretched across the ocean.
Several passengers kodak'd it. AVe had no tool ceremonies, no fantastics, ..."
7. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1891)
"Teetotallers who bear as a badge a small piece of blue ribbon, to remind all who
see it that they drink no alcoholic liquor. blue ribbon of the Turf ..."
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