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bluenose
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blue·nose  (blnz)
n.
1. A puritanical person: "Bluenoses demand restraint against the porn and violence that are the staple of popular culture" (Charles Krauthammer).
2. often Bluenose Canadian A native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia.

bluenosed adj.

bluenose [ˈbluːˌnəʊz]
n
1. US slang a puritanical or prudish person
2. (Social Science / Peoples) (often capital) Informal a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia
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Noun1.bluenose - a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia
Canadian - a native or inhabitant of Canada


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Through the summer our activities have centered in Prescott where costumed members were among those greeting the Bluenose II on both its upstream and downstream stops in Town.
The Bluenose II was launched at Lunenburg in 1963 and built to original plans by many of the same workers who had worked on the original Bluenose.
These include wood from Nova Scotia's Bluenose II schooner, copper from the Library of Parliament roof, a piece of four-billion-year-old Acasta gneiss rock from Great Bear Lake, and more.
 
 
 
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