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–noun

any puritanical law that forbids certain practices, esp. drinking or working on Sunday, dancing, etc.

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Origin:
1775–85, Americanism

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blue law
n.

A law designed to regulate commercial business on Sunday.
One of a body of laws in colonial New England designed to enforce certain moral standards and particularly to prohibit specified forms of entertainment or recreation on Sundays.

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Main Entry: blue law
Function: noun
Etymology: blue puritanical
: a statute regulating work, commerce, and amusements on Sunday
NOTE: Existing blue laws derive from the numerous extremely rigorous laws designed to regulate morals and conduct that were enacted in colonial New England.

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