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Definition of blue-ribbonism in English:
blue-ribbonism
noun
historical(Also with capital initials) the beliefs and practices of those temperance movements whose members wear the blue ribbon; (more generally) temperance, teetotalism.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Wrexham (Wales) Advertiser.
