butcher blue

English

Etymology

A traditional colour for butchers' aprons; see butcher stripes.

Noun

butcher blue (uncountable)

  1. navy blue
    • 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:
      She was dressed in a tailor-made coat and skirt of butcher blue, and wore a Tam o'Shanter of the same colour.
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