blue ruin
Example Sentences
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Of course, old Carfew would howl blue ruin at the mere idea.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
They were talking blue ruin in there to-night.
From The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land by Connor, Ralph
Others offer country cheese, soft and white, with rolls, while in a shanty beside the road hot coffee and "blue ruin" are dealt out to thirsty souls by a ponderous mulatto woman.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray
Fold, wrinkle, and void shrieked their history with a hundred tongues, invoking earthquake, eclipse, and blue ruin.
From Penrod by Tarkington, Booth
The inspired person who chose to call a coffin an "eternity box" and whisky "blue ruin" was too innocent to sneer.
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James
