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Blue-light Federalists

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A name given to those Americans who were believed to have made friendly (“blue-light”) signals to British ships in the war. (1812.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Blue-eyed Maid (The)
Blue Fish (The)
Blue Flag
Blue Gown (A)
Blue-gowns
Blue Guards (The)
Blue Hen
Blue-jackets
Blue John (A)
Blue Laws (The)
Blue-light Federalists
Blue-mantle
Blue Monday
Blue Moon
Blue Mould
Blue Murder
Blue-noses
Blue Peter
Blue-pigeon Flyer
Blue Ribbon (The)
Blue Ribbon (A)