Bluecoat
a person who wears a coat or uniform that is blue.
a police officer.
a soldier in the U.S. Army in earlier times.
Contemporary Examples
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Historical Examples
Winchester Sidney Heath
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Samuel Pepys
The Substitute Prisoner Max Marcin
Ulysses James Joyce
The Slang Dictionary John Camden Hotten
The Fall of a Nation Thomas Dixon
Social Life in England Through the Centuries H. R. Wilton Hall
London Walter Besant
A Son of the City Herman Gastrell Seely
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of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar. a blue-collar worker. Contemporary Examples ‘Does He Care About People Like Me?’ David Frum November 11, 2012 Paul Begala on the Five Stages of GOP Grief Paul Begala November 6, 2012 […]
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