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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Blue Talk

Indecent conversation, from the French, Bibliothèque Bleu. (Harlots are called “Blues” from the blue gown they were once compelled to wear in the House of Correction.)

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