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Blue murder   /blu mˈərdər/   Listen
Blue murder

noun
1.
An extravagantly loud outcry.



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"Blue murder" Quotes from Famous Books



... thief, sir," said one of the policemen, "leastwise I think that's what he's been up to. Could you throw us down a bit of rope? We've no handcuffs here, and one of us has to go to the lock-up and the other to Washington street, where there's a woman yelling blue murder; and hurry ...
— Beautiful Joe - An Autobiography of a Dog • by Marshall Saunders



Words linked to "Blue murder" :   like blue murder, cry, vociferation, shout, call, yell, outcry



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