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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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Blue-ribbon is always a great word to know.

So is zedonk. Does it mean:

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.