A native of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. Quot. 1830 is exceptional.
1830. A real “blue-nose,” fresh from the land of steady habits.—Northern Watchman (Troy, N.Y.), Nov. 30.
1837–40. Haliburton. (N.E.D.)
1853. [A little boy, accompanying his mother to New Brunswick, said to her]: “Mother, are these all ‘Blue Noses?’” “Hush! hush! Yes, my dear.”… “Mother, where are their blue noses?”—Knick. Mag., xlii. 545 (Nov.).
1857. Several papers headed “A Month with the Blue Noses,” by F. S. Cozzens, appeared in the Knickerbocker Magazine during the year.
1859. De Sauty: an electro-chemical eclogue, between “Professor” and Blue-Nose.—Holmes, ‘The Professor at the Breakfast-Table,’ chap. i.
