English

Noun

blue print ‎(plural blue prints)

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of blueprint
   • 1928: Men who can read blue prints are at a premium everywhere in this six billion dollar field. (Ad in Popular Science, March 1928)
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “chapter XV”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     [Jeeves] was miffed because he wasn't the brains behind this binge, the blue prints for it having been laid down by a rival. Even great men have their weaknesses.