Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who wears a ribbon as a badge: usually qualified.
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Examples
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Prof. GRACE: A white ribboner was a-- a person who was a remember of the WCTU, the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
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"Benie" was presented to the state convention at Binghamton, and to the national convention at Nashville a few weeks later, as "the youngest white-ribboner of us all."
Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York Georgeanna M. Gardenier
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Pashy was the craziest blue-ribboner you ever saw.
Cap'n Warren's Wards Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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When you have been a $250 blue-ribboner and the pride of the force it is sad to be "knocked down" for thirty-five.
Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle Sewell Ford 1907
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C. 's and blue - ribboner in all shows from Seattle to San Diego, was safely farrowed of eleven.
The Little Lady of the Big House Jack London 1896
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If a white-ribboner played this mean trick upon this distinguished
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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Joining Polly - now Oliver Perks - in the ins-and-outs are; Shufti, Lofty, Tonks, Wazza - touched with religion she believes the dead Duchess speaks to her - Maladict - a black ribboner - and Carborundum a troll with long flowing moss and grass on his toes.
The Authors Cafe 2010
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C. ’s and blue-ribboner in all shows from Seattle to San Diego, was safely farrowed of eleven.
CHAPTER II 2010
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Colonel George Harvey, with sarcastic intent, alleged that Bryan became a white-ribboner after hearing a little girl recite "The Lips
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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C. ’s and blue-ribboner in all shows from Seattle to San Diego, was safely farrowed of eleven.
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