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Century Dictionary (1 definition)
- Same as blue-stocking, 1.
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GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)
- A bluestocking; a literary woman.
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- A woman having literary or intellectual interests.
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Dr. Talbot had confided to Mrs. McLane that his wife was inclined to be a bas bleu and he wanted her broken of an unfeminine love of books.
There is just a whisper, you know, that you were rather a bas bleu before you came to us. "
Your kind letter, my beloved Fredy, was most thankfully received, and we rejoice the house and situation promise so much local comfort; but I quite fear with you that even the bas bleu will not recompense the loss of the "Junipre" society.
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