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half blues

half blues is the plural 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.

Questions about half blues

What is half blues the plural of?
Half blues is the plural of half blue.

Words near half blues in the dictionary

  1. half birthday
  2. half birthdays
  3. half blood
  4. half bloods
  5. half blue
  6. half blues
  7. half board
  8. half boards
  9. half brethren
  10. half brother
  11. half brother-in-law

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