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butcher blue en · NOUN

Etymology

A traditional colour for butchers' aprons; see butcher stripes.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) navy blue
    • She was dressed in a tailor-made coat and skirt of butcher blue, and wore a Tam o'Shanter of the same colour. 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major: