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bluette
noun 3
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4ADJ.
overall
VERB + BLUETTE
change, given
BLUETTE + NOUN
der, garment, s, schah, uniform, warden
PREP.
into
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noun
1
A short but scintillating play or other work.
The Fürst Theater, the only theatre now open in Vienna, announced last week for production a bluette entitled, Der Schah von Persien in Wien (The Shah in Vienna).
noun
1
A kind of satinette pigeon.
noun
1
Alternative spelling of bluet (“a kind of blue woolen cloth”).
She had longed for the day they would get rid of the hated bluettes. They made her feel like a workhouse inmate. Wearing a uniform might finally make her feel like she belonged.
She was on duty at the ARP shelter on the village green in an hour, which left her just enough time to change into her bluette warden’s uniform, pack up some corned beef sandwiches and make a flask of something warming to keep her going through her shift.
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The Fürst Theater, the only theatre now open in Vienna, announced last week for production a bluette entitled, Der Schah von Persien in Wien (The Shah in Vienna).
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She had longed for the day they would get rid of the hated bluettes. They made her feel like a workhouse inmate. Wearing a uniform might finally make her feel like she belonged.
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She was on duty at the ARP shelter on the village green in an hour, which left her just enough time to change into her bluette warden’s uniform, pack up some corned beef sandwiches and make a flask of
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Here we were Pro-Wrens, and we were given a bluette overall, a garment we wore for the first few days.
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