Blue Ribbon
(A). A wale from a blow. A bruise turns the skin blue.
“ `Do you want a blue ribbon round those white sides of yours, you
monkey?' answered Orestes; `because, if you do, the hippopotamus hide
hangs ready outside.' ” —Wingsley: Hypatia, chap. iv.
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