butcher blue in English

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Etymology: A traditional colour for butchers' aprons; see butcher stripes. Etymology templates: {{m|en|butcher stripes}} butcher stripes Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} butcher blue (uncountable)

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          "ref": "1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major",
          "text": "She was dressed in a tailor-made coat and skirt of butcher blue, and wore a Tam o'Shanter of the same colour.",
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"butcher blue" meaning in English

Noun