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bluenose
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
A prude.
2
Used among Roman Catholics for a Protestant (specifically Puritan).
3
A native or inhabitant of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
4
A person who has crossed the Arctic Circle.
That summer the Clipper detoured north on its way to Norway so that cadets could be initiated as bluenoses. She passed between the Shetland and Orkney islands on her way to cross the Arctic Circle at Greenwich.
5
A variety of potato from Nova Scotia, Canada.
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