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Unbloody \Un*blood"y\, a.
Not bloody. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
{Unbloody sacrifice}. (a) A sacrifice in which no victim is slain. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Mass. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Unbloody
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unbloody — adj. * * * … Universalium
unbloody — un·bloody … English syllables
unbloody — un•blood′y adj … From formal English to slang
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