blood n ADD for phr in sense 1.
   1 Phr blood of a bitch: alliterative phrase expressing extreme annoyance or anger; that towards which the anger is directed.
   1862 Standard [Harbor Grace] 26 Mar, [p. 21 If you do not clear out of Bay Roberts prepare your coffin we want no bloods of b[itche]s here but the real genuine Protestants. 1925 Dial Notes v, 326 ~ a term of great reproach. T 143-652 He said, 'Don't you bring over that mainsail!' And [the other fellow] said, 'I got a mind I'd bring her over and ship the blood of a bitch out.'
   2 Combs. in names of plants having a red part blood root avens; JACK¹: JACK ROOT (Geum macrophyllum) (1895 N S Inst Sci ix, 88).
   blood vine: fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium).
   1873 REEKS 3 ~ an abundant and troublesome weed.

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