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black-and-blue definition

black·-and-blue (-ən blo̵̅o̅′)

adjective

discolored from congestion of blood under the skin; bruised

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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