blue-nose
Example Sentences
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In 1965, the Supreme Court ruled that married couples could legally use contraceptives, in spite of states’ blue-nose “Comstock” laws banning that.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024
They had tried to have a kid for years; then Tariq ended up putting his energy into adopting a blue-nose pit bull from the local shelter.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
A "blue-nose" sailor of the Firefly was sent on shore, who found Pillgrim, and without much difficulty shipped in the "Sunny South" for a voyage on the coast.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Optic, Oliver
A "blue-nose" official laughed at him as his gig pulled off to the ship, and everybody on shore was in high glee because the Confederate had eluded the Yankee.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Optic, Oliver
It is not your line of country, and it gets me what you are doing aboard this blue-nose outfit.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
