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語源 1

形容詞

bluer

1. comparative form of blue: more blue

語源 2

From blue +‎ -er (“Oxford -er”). Used at Harrow School in London, United Kingdom.

名詞

bluer (plural bluers)

1. (UK, school slang) A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.
   • 1981, James Anthony Mangan, Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School, Psychology Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 170:

     Bluer buttons illustrate the principle of 'keeping under'. The Knoll rule book states: 'It is a one year priv. [privilege] to have the bottom button on one's bluer undone [and] a three summer priv. to have all the buttons of one's bluer undone.'

   • 2011, Justin Evans, “Voraciously”, in The White Devil:

     He was alone in his room, in his bluer and his tie, seated on a chair, leaning over his bed like a desk—his preferred way to study—holding the stapled pages of the script, muttering the words.

関連する語

• greyers (“grey uniform trousers”)

アナグラム

• Brule, Brulé, Luber, Ruble, burel, ruble