Meaning of blue peter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. American coot, mudhen (Fulica americana)
   US
2. Alternative letter-case form of blue peter.
   alt-of
3. A blue signal flag with a white rectangle in the centre, signifying "P". When flown alone, indicates that a ship is ready to sail, requiring all crew members and passengers to return on board.
4. American purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)
   US
5. In whist, a play that calls for trumps by throwing away a higher card of a suit while holding a lower one.
   intransitive

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Examples

“We lay⟳ out in the stream for another whole day, with the Blue Peter flying, to show⟳ that we were ready for sea, and to summon any passengers who might yet remain⟳ on shore.”

“If we clung as devotedly as some philosophers pretend⟳ we do to the abstract idea of life, or were half as frightened as they make⟳ out we are, for the subversive accident that ends it all, the trumpets might sound⟳ by the hour and no one would follow⟳ them into battle - the blue-peter might fly⟳ at the truck, but who would climb⟳ into a sea-going ship?”

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