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blue books

blue books is the plural of blue book.

Meaning of blue book

Noun

blue book (plural blue books)

  1. A book of statistics or almanac, usually published by an agency or as a trade publication.
    • "I was the flail of the Lord up in those parts, I may tell you, though you won't find it in any Blue-book."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, book.

Questions about blue books

What is blue books the plural of?
Blue books is the plural of blue book.

Words near blue books in the dictionary

  1. blue book
  2. blue book exam
  3. blue book examination
  4. blue book examinations
  5. blue book exams
  6. blue books
  7. blue bottle
  8. blue bottle experiment
  9. blue bottles
  10. blue box
  11. blue boxes

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