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bellowser

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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.

Related terms edit

References edit

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams edit

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