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blue plaques

blue plaques is the plural of blue plaque.

Meaning of blue plaque

Noun

blue plaque (plural blue plaques)

  1. (UK) A permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a historical link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site.
    • As an aside, Luddendenfoot once had a famous (or perhaps infamous) clerk - drunkard Branwell Brontë, brother to the famous Brontë sisters and writers. He was sacked from his post in March 1842 after an audit revealed a discrepancy in the books. Today, a blue plaque on the Jubilee Refreshment rooms...2021 July 28, Paul Bigland, “Calder line captures picturesque Pennines”, in RAIL, number 936, page 66

Questions about blue plaques

What is blue plaques the plural of?
Blue plaques is the plural of blue plaque.

Words near blue plaques in the dictionary

  1. blue pipe
  2. blue pipes
  3. blue planet
  4. blue planets
  5. blue plaque
  6. blue plaques
  7. blue plate
  8. blue plate special
  9. blue plate specials
  10. blue point
  11. blue points

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