half blues

A form of half blue — Sporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of half blue
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APA

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