bluepencil

verb (used with object), blue-pen·ciled, blue-pen·cil·ing or ( especially British ) blue-pen·cilled, blue-pen·cil·ling.

to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.

Origin:
1885–90

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blue-pencil
verb
cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" [syn: edit]

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