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genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters.

See also: Blue

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blue constancy faithful keen loyal stalwart staunch true true-blue			Whether it were in consequence or in spite of his political creed, I do not mean to give an opinion, though I have one; but certain it is that he held therewith divers social principles not generally supposed to be true blue in colour. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context Madame's bedroom was draped in a fabric of true blue and furnished in a rococo manner. Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context Wenham himself was a staunch old True Blue Tory, and his father a small coal-merchant in the north of England), this aide-de-camp of the Marquis never showed any sort of hostility to the new favourite, but pursued her with stealthy kindnesses and a sly and deferential politeness which somehow made Becky more uneasy than other people's overt hostilities. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context			truckle bed Truckle-bed Truckler truckling truckload truckman truculence truculency truculent truculently Trudeau trudge Trudgeman trudgen Trudgen stroke trudger true true airspeed indicator true altitude true anomaly true bacteria true bearing true believer true bill true blackberry True blue true bug true cat true cedar true convergence True discount true dwarf true fir true flycatcher true frog true fruit true fungus true glottis true guava true heath true horizon true jasmine true laurel true level true lobster true lover's knot true lovers' knot true mahogany true marmoset true north true pepper			true as God true as God true as God true as steel true azimuth true bacteria True base True BASIC True BASIC True BASIC programming language True bat true bearing true bearing true bearing true believer true believer True Believer (album) True Believer (album) True Believers Crew True Believers Network True Bible Code true bill true bill true bill true bills true bills True Bio Electric true birth rate true blackberry True Blood True blue True Blue Animal Rescue True Blue Fiber Friends True Blue Mormon True Blue Software true blues true blues True Boiling Point True bone True breeding organism True breeding organism true breeding value true bristletail True Brittanians True Brown Style True Buddha School True Buddha School Net true bug true bug true bug true bug True bugs True bugs True bugs True bugs True But Useless true cat True Catholic Church true cedar True Chamomile true chancre

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