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- 07-Jun-2006, 12:23 #1
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blue stocking? Hi all,
I came across a sentence,"Jack,Is Miss Mary what you call a 'blue stocking'?"
Can you tell me the meaning of "blue stocking"?
Thank you!
- 07-Jun-2006, 12:29 #2
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Re: blue stocking? bluestocking (noun)
A woman with strong scholarly or literary interests.
[After the Blue Stocking Society, a nickname for a predominantly female literary club of 18th-century London.]
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