preblues

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adjective

From the period before blues music.

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Meanings

adjectivepreblues (comparative more preblues, superlative most preblues)

comparative more preblues · superlative most preblues

  1. From the period before blues music.

    Even among the (rapidly disappearing) survivors of his generation, Yank Rachell is nearly alone in his persistent use of traditional, even preblues forms.

    1988 April 8, David Whiteis, “Yank Rachell--Chicago Style/Hip Linkchain--Airbusters”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From pre- + blues.

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Cite this entry
APA

preblues. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preblues

MLA

“preblues.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preblues. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preblues,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preblues.

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