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blue niled

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Pale, sickly with bluish complexion

Pale and sickly in appearance, with a bluish, pinched look.

Example in use

Da bairn's lookit blue niled.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/BLOO-nild/

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutral

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