"work blue" meaning in English

See work blue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: works blue [present, singular, third-person], working blue [participle, present], worked blue [participle, past], worked blue [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} work blue (third-person singular simple present works blue, present participle working blue, simple past and past participle worked blue)
  1. (entertainment) To perform bawdy, profane or pornographic material.
    Sense id: en-work_blue-en-verb-mtDwZpKM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, lifestyle

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for work blue meaning in English (1.2kB)

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