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   blues

   /bluːz/

   plural

   • 1. melancholic music of black American folk origin, typically in a twelve-bar sequence. It developed in the rural southern US towards the end of the 19th century, finding a wider audience in the 1940s, as black people migrated to the cities. This urban blues gave rise to rhythm and blues and rock and roll: "blues has always had a strong following in Australia"
   • ▪ a piece of blues music: "a blues in C"
   • 2. feelings of melancholy, sadness, or depression: informal "she's got the blues"

   Word Origin mid 18th century (in blues (sense 2)): elliptically from blue devils ‘depression or delirium tremens’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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