See true blue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1986 June 30, Stephen Bray, Madonna (lyrics and music), “True Blue”, in True Blue, performed by Madonna:",
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"ref": "2007, Lainie Speiser, “Alternative Lifestyles”, in Threesomes: For Couples Who Want to Know More, Beverly, Mass.: Quiver, →ISBN, page 158, column 1:",
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"ref": "1939, Flora Thompson, “At the ‘Wagon and Horses’”, in Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy, London: Penguin Books, published 1973, →ISBN, pages 65–66:",
"text": "A mild Liberalism prevailed, a Liberalism that would be regarded as hide-bound Toryism now, but was daring enough in those days. One man who had been to work in Northampton proclaimed himself a Radical; but he was cancelled out by the landlord, who called himself a ‘true blue’.",
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"A precisely defined pure blue, as for example web color #0000FF = RGB(0,0,255)."
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/ˈtru ˈblu/",
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"word": "true-blue"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "faithful partisan or supporter of a cause, etc.",
"word": "vankkumaton tukija"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "blue dye from Coventry, England, famous for not washing out",
"word": "true blue"
}
],
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"flag of Scotland"
],
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}
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