bluenosed
Example Sentences
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The letters cited the antique and long-discredited 1873 statute known as the Comstock Act after its bluenosed progenitor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024
They park themselves semi-permanently on the Internet where, despite the best efforts of the law and bluenosed flaggers, they prove the wisdom of Colette’s observation that not everything in life is better if it’s free.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2010
Most surprising witness was Louis Croteau, executive secretary of Boston's bluenosed, privately financed Watch and Ward Society, "watchdog of New England's morals."
From Time Magazine Archive
The instigators of the trial were not bluenosed know-nothings wanting to persecute some poor teacher for teaching evolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
He struck out at the evils of Prohibition, which he pictured as "Mr. Dry," a sniveling, psalm-singing, bluenosed personification of cant and bigotry.
From Time Magazine Archive
