(Chiefly in U.S.)

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  1.  A purplish potato grown in Nova Scotia.

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1837–40.  Haliburton, Clockm.

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1861.  Illustr. Lond. News, 15 Jan., 564.

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  2.  A nick-name for a native of Nova Scotia.

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1837–40.  Haliburton, Clockm. (1862), Pref. p. vii. When blue-nose hears that, he thinks he’s got a bargain.

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1842.  United Serv. Mag., II. 328. Of the nation of Bluenoses.

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  3.  A kind of clam shell-fish.

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1883.  Leisure Hour, 252/1. The coarsest is the mud clam, or blue nose.

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