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blue law definition

☆ blue law

  1. any of the strict puritanical laws prevalent in colonial New England
  2. a law prohibiting entertainment, business, etc. on Sunday

Etymology: said to be so named because orig. printed on blue paper

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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