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What does black and blue mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word black and blue? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (colloquial, of a person) Having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.
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Frankly it hurt so much that if it isn't black and blue tomorrow I shall be positively disappointed.
They weren't only black and blue, they were whipped, and their wounds were full of scabs, cracked and bleeding.
Physically it had torn her up, broken her, left her with bruises with weeks, everywhere, black and blue.
He creates a play of black and blue colours to set the backdrop and on this he places three boats, with bright lights gleaming from them.
Her short black and blue hair is gelled back off her face and she has dark gothic make-up on her face.
So anyway, he was black and blue too, but his injury was all covered by hair.

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