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blue john
noun
- a blue or purple fibrous variety of fluorspar occurring only in Derbyshire: used for vases, etc
Example Sentences
On this night, The Wilder Blue & John Baumann performed a blend of classics and originals that recalled Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, or the Doobie Brothers.
Some of my favorite music would be Miles Davisâs âKind of Blue,â âJohn Coltrane and Johnny Hartman,â âIdentityâ by Airto Moreira, âBand of Gypsys,â Cassandra Wilson, the Beatles, the Stones.
Among other, less familiar stories are two classics of what is sometimes dubbed âcryptofictionâ: Jack Londonâs tall-tale âA Relic of the Plioceneâ and Arthur Conan Doyleâs pathos-laden âThe Terror of Blue John Gap.â
Think of the elf dad from last yearâs âOnward,â who looked kind of like a hot, blue John Krasinski, or Rileyâs dad from âInside Out,â whose mustache and five oâclock shadow once inspired a very frisky Buzzfeed article.
At home, even the guest level has a shiny blue John McCracken painting over the bed and a Dan Flavin light piece in the hall, adjacent to a heavy, translucent Roni Horn sculpture that required reinforcing the floor.
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