bellowser

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English

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Etymology

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From bellows +‎ -er, from bellows (“the lungs”); (life sentence): because people continue to breathe until they die.

Noun

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bellowser (plural bellowsers)

  1. (slang, obsolete) A sentence of transportation for life.
  2. (slang, obsolete) A blow in the pit of the stomach, taking one's breath away.
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References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

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