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Blue Mountains
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Blue Nile
blue note
blue on blue
blue pages
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Blue Peter
blue-plate
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blue-plate
blue-plate


adjective 
Definition:
 
at special price: describes a main course offered by a restaurant at a lower price than usual
We had the blue-plate special.
[Because cheap fixed-price meals used to be served on blue plates divided into compartments]
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