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half-blue

half-blue is the alternative form of half blue.

Meaning of half blue

Noun

half blue (plural half blues)

  1. Sporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.
  2. A person who has been awarded such sporting colors.

Forms of half-blue

pluralhalf-blues

Questions about half-blue

What is half-blue the alternative form of?
Half-blue is the alternative form of half blue.

Words near half-blue in the dictionary

  1. half-birthday
  2. half-birthdays
  3. half-blood
  4. half-blooded
  5. half-bloods
  6. half-blue
  7. half-blues
  8. half-boiled
  9. half-boot
  10. half-boots
  11. half-bound

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