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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Blue-light Federalists

A name given to those Americans who were believed to have made friendly (“blue-light”) signals to British ships in the war. (1812.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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