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bluenose
A native of Nova Scotia: a colloquial designation.
A Nova Scotian vessel.
A puritanical person; a prude.
This word as a Nova Scotian nickname comes from an allusion either to the hue given to the noses of its inhabitants by its severe winter, or to a kind of potato so named which is largely produced there.
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