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blue slips

blue slips is the plural of blue slip.

Meaning of blue slip

Noun

blue slip (plural blue slips)

  1. (US) In the House of Representatives, a rejection slip given to tax and spending bills sent to it by the Senate that did not originate in the House, per the House's interpretation of the Origination Clause.
  2. (US) In the Senate, the slip on which the senators from the state of residence of a federal judicial nominee give an opinion on the nominee.

Questions about blue slips

What is blue slips the plural of?
Blue slips is the plural of blue slip.

Words near blue slips in the dictionary

  1. blue skimmers
  2. blue sky
  3. blue sky law
  4. blue sky laws
  5. blue slip
  6. blue slips
  7. blue Smarties
  8. blue snakeweed
  9. blue space
  10. blue spaces
  11. blue spot

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