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Etymology 1
Adjective
bluer
- comparative form of blue: more blue
Etymology 2
From blue + -er (“Oxford -er”). Used at Harrow School in London, United Kingdom.
Noun
bluer (plural bluers)
- (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.
Etymology 3
From blue + -er.
Noun
bluer (plural bluers)
- (rare) Synonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
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