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true-blue
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true-blue, a.
Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue , under Blue. [1913 Webster]
true-blue, n.
A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity. [1913 Webster]
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