Definition of blueliner
: a defenseman in ice hockey
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Yandle ranked seventh among blue liners with 48 assists.
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Rather than applying blue all over your eyes, try a blue liner.
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Brightening swipes of pigment bordered eyes at Dior, a notion echoed by makeup artist Isamaya French for H&M, lash lines etched in blue liner that took its cues from Japanese minimalism.
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At the Toronto premiere of Unicorn Store, makeup artist Rachel Goodwin set off the actress and director's brown eyes with a chunky rim of iridescent mint blue liner.
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Against New Jersey, Methot played 24 shifts and returned to the penalty kill, a role which might be where the veteran blue liner does his best work.
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Four goals was coincidentally enough to lead blue liners before Friday as the trio of pace-setters included Brandon Montour, Mikhail Sergachev and Alex Pietrangelo — the most familiar of the three.
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After a dozen games last season Burns had four goals on 69 shots on his way to leading all blue liners with 29 goals and all skaters with 320 shots.
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1974
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