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blue chamber

blue chamber noun: a forbidden room.

Noun

blue chamber (plural blue chambers)

  1. (idiomatic) A forbidden room.
    • “[…] Matty would scarcely find fault with my visiting their blue chamber. […]”1855, Catherine Grace F. Gore, The Heir of Selwood, G. Routledge & Co., page 262
    • On Sundays, Miss Pross dined at the Doctor’s table, but on other days persisted in taking her meals, at unknown periods, either in the lower regions, or in her own room on the second floor—a blue chamber, to which no one but her Ladybird ever gained admittance.1859 June 18, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second, Chapter VI, in All the Year Round, Volume I, Number 8, page 172

Forms of blue chamber

pluralblue chambers

Origin of blue chamber

From the tale of Bluebeard.

Questions about blue chamber

What does blue chamber mean?
Blue chamber means a forbidden room.
What part of speech is blue chamber?
Blue chamber is a noun.
What is the plural of blue chamber?
The plural of blue chamber is blue chambers.

Words near blue chamber in the dictionary

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  4. blue cats
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  8. blue check
  9. blue check mark
  10. blue check marks
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