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Definition of Bluebloods
1. blueblood [n] - See also: blueblood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluebloods
Literary usage of Bluebloods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"The bluegrass waves the bluest In Kentucky; Yet, bluebloods are the fewest?
In Kentucky; Moonshine is the clearest, By no means the dearest, And yet, ..."
2. The United Service (1903)
"The bluegrass waves the bluest In Kentucky; Tet. bluebloods are the fewest (?)
In Kentucky; Moonshine is the clearest. By no means the dearest. ..."
3. Socialism for Students by Joseph E. Cohen (1909)
"Imagine pursuing the chase with the dogs, horses and servants of one of our social
bluebloods, without so much as "by your leave! ..."
4. Lands of the Southern Cross: A Visit to South America by Charles Warren Currier (1911)
"They form a society apart, as the "bluebloods" of Argentina, and, socially, mingle
little with the newcomers. A large proportion have made fortunes through ..."
5. The Ancient Landmark: A Kentucky Romance by Elizabeth Cherry Waltz (1905)
"Pa isn't counted on by some as right in the county bluebloods, but he's shorely
known as a square man. Won't we all make up a party," she laughed out, ..."
6. Gotcha by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY Taken as a whole, US intelligence is no longer made
up of a small glamorous fraternity of adventurous bluebloods--men motivated ..."
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