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blue blood

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blue blood
someone who has blue blood is from a family of the highest social class. He has a fair bit of blue blood coursing through his veins.
See also: blood, blue
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The high-born fairies obtain this admired effect by pricking their skin, which lets the blue blood come through and dye them, and you cannot imagine anything so dazzling unless you have seen the ladies' busts in the jewellers' windows.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
The high-born fairies obtain this admired effect by pricking their skin, which lets the blue blood come through and dye them, and you cannot imagine anything so dazzling unless you have seen the ladies' busts in the jewellers' windows.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Pharaoh, who is a cad, likes blue blood on the same principle of the attraction of opposites.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
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