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BLACK-AND-BLUE

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black-and-blue

  [blak-uhn-bloo]
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–adjective
discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis: a black-and-blue mark on my knee.
Origin:
1300–50; ME
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black-and-blue   (blāk'ən-blōō')
adj.  Discolored from coagulation of blood below the surface of the skin.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry: black–and–blue
Pronunciation: "blak-&n-'blü
Function: adjective
: darkly discolored from blood effused by bruising
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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