blue book

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blue book

also blue·book (blo͞o′bo͝ok′)

1. An official list of persons in the employ of the US government.

2. A book listing the names of socially prominent people.

3. A blank notebook with blue covers in which to write the answers to examination questions.

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blue′ book`

or blue′book`,

1. a register or directory, esp. of socially prominent persons.

2. a blank book for taking college examinations, usu. with a blue cover.

3. a manual listing the current market value of any of various consumer items, as appliances.

4. a British government publication bound in a blue cover.

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Noun	1.	blue book - a report published by the British government; bound in blue report, written report, study - a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
	2.	blue book - a register of persons who are socially prominent directory - an alphabetical list of names and addresses
	3.	blue book - a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations booklet, brochure, folder, pamphlet, leaflet - a small book usually having a paper cover

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Trefusis, a man whom he had seen that day in a beautiful landscape, blind to everything except a row of figures in a Blue Book, was his successful rival, although it was plain from the very sound of his voice that he did not--could not--love Gertrude.

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"Well, I can tell you anything that is in an English Blue Book, Harry, although those fellows nowadays write a lot of nonsense.

Dorian Gray does not belong to Blue Books, Uncle George," said Lord Henry languidly.

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Clara sat opposite to him with her exasperating charts and her blue book. The Doctor glanced at her and his eyes remained fixed in astonishment upon the front of her skirt.

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Gradgrind observed, shaking his head, that all this was very bad; that it showed the necessity of infinite grinding at the mill of knowledge, as per system, schedule, blue book, report, and tabular statements A to Z; and that Jupe 'must be kept to it.' So Jupe was kept to it, and became low-spirited, but no wiser.

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CHEVELEY [Languidly.] I have never read a Blue Book. I prefer books .

Well, I hope he is not as devoted to Blue Books as Sir John is.

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At home he gave himself up to the perusal of Blue Books, to the alarm and wonder of Lady Jane, who thought he was killing himself by late hours and intense application.

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The British government had ordered the publication of the Blue Book in 1918.

The Blue Book they didn't want us to read: How Britain, Germany and South Africa destroyed a damning book on German atrocities in Namibia

In the case where liens on cars exceed the Kelly Blue Book value, American Auto Logistics will seek settlement with both the member and lien holder.

Vehicles damaged, destroyed in vessel fire

* a one-day seminar on The New Blue Book (see national training calendar);

GFOA and the Blue Book

''I wonder whether it is appropriate to mention the scandal in the preface of a blue book, which will be translated into English and distributed throughout the world,'' said a member of the LDP's sectional meeting on foreign affairs.