bluenose

bluenose
/blooh"nohz'/, n.
1. a puritanical person; prude.
2. (cap.) Also, Blue Nose. Canadian. an inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces, esp. of Nova Scotia.
3. Naut. Slang.
a. a sailing vessel of Nova Scotia.
b. a seaman on such a vessel.
[1780-85 (def. 2, 3); 1925-30, Amer. (def. 1); BLUE + NOSE; (def. 1) cf. BLUE LAW, etc.; (def. 2, 3) orig. a derisive name for a person residing in Nova Scotia before the Loyalists' arrival; allegedly so called from a variety of potato with a bluish tip, though there is no certain evidence for this or any of various other explanations of the name]

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