| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Blue-coat School | Literature | 1: Christ's Hospital is so called because the boys there wear a long blue coat girded at the loins with a leather belt. Some who attend the mathematical school are termed King's boys, and those who constitute the highest class are Grecians. 2: Founded by Edward VI. in the year of his death. There are several other blue-coat schools in England besides Christ's Hospital. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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