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true-blue Adjective staunchly loyal Noun true blue Chiefly Brit & Austral a staunch royalist or Conservative
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Squire Brown, be it said, was a true-blue Tory to the backbone, and believed honestly that the powers which be were ordained of God, and that loyalty and steadfast obedience were men's first duties. "Why, sir," replied the captain, "I am a true-blue Protestant, and I thank God for it. Indeed, by standing on tiptoe I could catch a glimpse of some of the peaks of the still bluer and more distant mountain ranges in the northwest, those true-blue coins from heaven's own mint, and also of some portion of the village. |
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