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blue law
noun
- any puritanical law that forbids certain practices, especially drinking or working on Sunday, dancing, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blue law1
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
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Example Sentences
It is obviously impossible to pass a blue law compelling parents to conform to—what ideal?
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After all, are we so far removed from the blue-law regime of early New England?
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I tell you it's dead wrong to force this blue law upon the people.
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For example, according to a Puritan Blue Law it was a criminal offense to smoke within ten miles of any habitation.
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A favorite assertion was that I was enforcing a ‘blue law,’ an obsolete law that had never before been enforced.
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