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blue ribbon

noun

the highest award or distinction, as the first prize in a contest: His entry at the state fair won a blue ribbon.

a blue ribbon worn as a badge of honor, especially by members of the Order of the Garter of the British knighthood.

(initial capital letters) Also, British, Blue Ribband. (formerly) a prize awarded to an ocean liner making the fastest recorded trip across the Atlantic Ocean between Ambrose Lightship and Bishop Rock.

a badge used by some temperance organizations to indicate a pledge of abstinence from alcohol.

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Origin:
1645–55

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adjective

of superior quality or prominence; first-rate; specially selected: a blue-ribbon committee of fund-raisers.

Origin:
1925–30; adj. use of blue ribbon

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blue ribbon

—n
1.	(in Britain) a badge of blue silk worn by members of the Order of the Garter
2.	a badge awarded as the first prize in a competition
3.	(US) a badge worn by a member of a temperance society

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"Now we may have more preachers out there than we have drinkers. But a fellow told me a story one time about a man down in Kentucky where they make bourbon. And he said you can take a jigger or two jiggers and get by all right. But if you try to take the whole bottle why you have lost what you started with. So don't try to take it too quick. And don't try to do all of it at once. I don't do much promising. I tell what my goals are and then I try to wrap it up and put a blue ribbon on it and get it delivered. We say put the coonskin on the wall."

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