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blues
noun- a deeply felt sense of sadness, rejection or depression UK, 1741
Shortened from the “blue devils”. - They taught me the blues in Pontiac–I mean the blues, blues that I felt from my head to my shoes, really the blues. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 4, 1946
- Beating the baby blues[.] Worried about giving your child anti-depressants? — The Observer, 16 May 2004
- methylated spirits as an alcoholic drink UK
From its colour. - All he wanted was a cigarette. Cigarettes are all they ever want–except for the blues and money. — Geoffrey Fletcher, Down Among the Meths Men, p. 15, 1966
- an illegal drinking house, especially one where music is also provided UK
- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- in the army, a dress uniform; in the navy, a walking out uniform UK, 1948
- — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 4, 1968
- — John W. Mussell, Militarisms, p. 13, 1995
- a formal blue dress uniform of the US Marines US
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 25, 1991
- jeans worn by convicts UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 29, 1996
- unreserved bleacher seats in a circus US
- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 18, 1980
- money US
From blue gambling chips. - Playing blackjack, short on blues / A game all bad motherfuckers were booked to lose. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 125, 1976
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