"half blue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: half blues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} half blue (plural half blues)
  1. Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England.
    Sense id: en-half_blue-en-noun--~VEqUcF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. A person who has been awarded such sporting colours.
    Sense id: en-half_blue-en-noun-5TaFH9r8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Inflected forms

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