| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Blue pencil | Art | To mark corrections in a manuscript or typescript during the editing process, derived from the color of pencil traditionally used by editors. The term has also been applied to the editing of text by a censor. (references) | |
| Blue Pencil | Law | (Line Item Veto) The Constitution grants the Governor "line item veto" authority to reduce or eliminate any item of appropriation from any bill including the budget bill. Thirty years ago the Governor used an editor's blue pencil for the task. (references) | |
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