bluenosed
Example Sentences
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The Comstock Act was the brainchild of Anthony Comstock, one of the outstanding bluenoses of American history.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2023
The first performance was staged in Dublin, somewhat beyond the reach of bluenoses in London who thought an entertainer had no place interpreting the sacred scriptures.
From Fox News • Dec. 21, 2018
But in the 1990s we learned that only bluenoses care about these things.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2016
Málaga have realised they're going to need a new manager once Pellegrini does one and they're going to gazump Everton by nabbing Roberto Martínez from recently relegated Wigan from under their bluenoses.
From The Guardian • May 16, 2013
And yet the writers—addressing young boys and old bluenoses, not smokers—weren’t even interested in nagging you properly.
From Slate • Aug. 3, 2012
