blue pencil

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blue pencil

deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work

vb blue-pencil -cils, -cilling, -cilled US, -cils -ciling, -ciled

(tr) to alter or delete parts of (a book, film, etc.), esp to censor

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Black blue blue-pencil bowdlerize censor censorship criticism cross delete edit expurgate			In such happy, healthful activities did Mr Nutt disport himself, until the ensuing Saturday found him at the same desk, dictating to the same typist, and using the same blue pencil on the first instalment of Mr Finn's revelations. The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context She found him sitting in his room working, applying a stout blue pencil authoritatively to bundles of filmy paper. The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context Her name, written in blue pencil, "Anna," was the first thing that caught his eye. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			blue lias Blue light Blue Lodge blue lotus blue mahoe Blue Mantle blue marguerite blue marlin Blue mass blue merle blue mockingbird Blue mold blue mold fungus Blue Monday blue moon blue mould Blue Mountain tea Blue Mountains blue murder Blue Nile blue note Blue ointment blue orchid blue pea blue peafowl blue pencil Blue perch blue peter blue petrel blue pickerel Blue pigeon blue pike blue pikeperch Blue pill blue pimpernel blue point blue point Siamese blue pointed blue pointer blue poppy Blue print blue racer blue riband blue ribbon blue ribbon commission blue ribbon committee blue ribbon jury Blue Ridge Blue Ridge Mountains blue rinse Blue Rod			Blue Nova Blue Jet Blue Oak Ranch Reserve Blue Obelisk Data Repository Blue Objects Observed Just Undergoing Moderate Starbursts Blue Ocean Institute Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Wireless Ltd. blue ocher Blue October Blue October Open Book Blue ointment Blue on Blue Blue on Blue Blue on Blue Blue on Blue Blue on the Green Blue on the Greens Blue Orb Restaurant Advisory blue orchid Blue Oyster Cult Blue Öyster Cult Blue Palo Verde Blue Pan blue panic grass Blue Pans blue pea blue peafowl blue pencil Blue people Blue perch Blue periwinkle blue peter blue peter blue peter Blue Peter Live Blue Peter Live Blue peter music makers Blue peter music makers Blue Peters Blue Peters Blue Petrel blue phlebitis Blue Picardy Spaniel blue pickerel blue pig root Blue pigeon blue pike blue pikeperch Blue pill Blue pill blue pimpernel blue pimpernel Blue Planet Run Blue Plate Innovations blue point Blue Point Capital Partners blue point Siamese blue pointed

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