a true-blue Conservative

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• true-blue — adj 1.) BrE informal believing completely in the ideas of the British ↑Conservative Party ▪ a true blue Tory 2.) AmE completely loyal to a person or idea ▪ a true blue friend …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• true-blue — adjective 1. ) AMERICAN completely loyal to someone or something 2. ) BRITISH supporting the ideas of the British Conservative Party completely …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• true-blue — ► ADJECTIVE 1) Brit. staunchly loyal to the Conservative Party. 2) N. Amer. extremely loyal or orthodox …   English terms dictionary

• true blue — The Australian National Dictionary Centre recently received a phone call asking if we had the phrase true blue in The Australian National Dictionary, and if not, why not because, said the caller, it s a genuine Australian expression. John… …   Australian idioms

• true blue — noun 1. : the blue color adopted from old association of blue with constancy and fidelity by the Covenanters; also : presbyterianism 2. a. : thoroughgoing or uncompromising loyalty, fidelity, or orthodoxy …   Useful english dictionary

• true-blue — /ˈtru blu / (say trooh blooh) adjective 1. unchanging; unwavering; staunch; true. 2. staunchly conservative. Also, (especially in predicative use), true blue. {from the medieval use of the colour as the symbol of constancy; later taken up by… …  

• true-blue — adjective 1 BrE informal believing completely in the ideas of the British conservative party: a true blue Tory 2 AmE completely loyal to a person or idea: a true blue friend …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• true-blue — adjective marked by unswerving loyalty a true blue American a reliable true blue country club conservative • Similar to: ↑loyal …   Useful english dictionary

• true blue — /tru ˈblu/ (say trooh blooh) noun 1. a non fading blue dye or pigment. 2. someone who is true blue. 3. a staunch conservative. 4. Colloquial the blue heeler …  

• true-blue — adjective 1》 Brit. staunchly loyal to the Conservative Party. 2》 N. Amer. extremely loyal or orthodox. 3》 real; genuine: true blue amateurs …   English new terms dictionary

• true blue — true, devoted, loyal; conservative …   English contemporary dictionary