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true-blue

[troo-bloo]
–adjective
unwaveringly loyal or faithful; staunch; unchangingly true.

Origin:
1665–75
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true-blue   (trōō'blōō')
adj.  Loyal or faithful; staunch.

[From the adoption of the color blue by 17th-century Scottish Presbyterians in opposition to the Royalists' red.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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