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n. (blue ribbon English)
Usage examples of "blue ribbons".
She twisted about and saw a heavyset man festooned with blue ribbons charging at her through the fountain.
All those blue ribbons drawing-pinned to the picture rail in the front room, and he can only look at them but can never hear people tell him how clever he is.
She wore a gown of light blue organdy with frothy ruffles at the throat and wrists, and her hair was caught in a mass of soft ringlets with narrow blue ribbons falling over the cascading curls.
Here the President takes up a most formidable rod, made of a thick bunch of long birch twigs, elegantly tied together with red and blue ribbons, and giving a sign, Jane and Mary, assisted by four or five others, pounced upon the victim, dragged her to the ladder, and in spite of desperate struggles, secured both ankles and wrists with cord which were passed through the rings of the ladder, and Miss Maria found herself quite helpless before she was well aware of what was going to be done.
The girl, her long dark hair caught up with blue ribbons, went rigid with shock.
From behind the crystal decanters and fruit vases the count kept glancing at his wife and her tall cap with its light-blue ribbons, and busily filled his neighbors' glasses, not neglecting his own.
The underside of its brim was lined with pleated blue silk and tied with blue ribbons that matched her outfit.
Her gown was the same one she had worn that fateful night at the opera, but with the trailing flowers and coquettish blue ribbons removed.
Their braids were all primly tied with blue ribbons, ready to be clipped in ceremony by the clan archivist.