Blue devils Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a state of depression
vapours; blues; vapors; megrims.
- he had a bad case of the blues
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noun a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
viper's bugloss; blue thistle; blue devil; Echium vulgare; blueweed.
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noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
blue; blue angel; Amytal; blue devil; amobarbital sodium.
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- apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" Thackeray.
