Meanings
nounbutcher blue (uncountable)
- uncountablenavy blue
She was dressed in a tailor-made coat and skirt of butcher blue, and wore a Tam o'Shanter of the same colour.
1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major
Origin
A traditional colour for butchers' aprons; see butcher stripes.
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butcher blue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butcher%20blue
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“butcher blue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butcher%20blue. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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