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blue ribbon

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blue ribbon
(in Britain) a badge of blue silk worn by members of the Order of the Garter

blue ribbon
denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127]
See : Prize


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With our glasses we could see the blue ribbon on his neck and a patch of white on his brown chest.
Some faint attempts she had made with blue ribbon, to freshen the appearance of a dingy curtain, she now saw to be piteous.
cried Dorothy, who was sorry for the poor man; so she ran back to the buggy and took from her suit-case a pretty blue ribbon.
 
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