bellowser
bellowser · bellowsers
A sentence of transportation for lifeA sentence of transportation for life.
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete, slang)A sentence of transportation for life.
(obsolete, slang)A blow in the pit of the stomach, taking one's breath away.
Origin
From bellows + -er, from bellows (“the lungs”); (life sentence): because people continue tFrom bellows + -er, from bellows (“the lungs”); (life sentence): because people continue to breathe until they die.
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Forms
plural: bellowsers| Singular | bellowser |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedbellowsed
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.