Meanings
plural blow-ins
- AustraliaIrelandSomeone who has only recently arrived in an area or community; a newcomer.
This had been her local when she worked in Central. All the waitresses knew her by name. Now she was a blow-in.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 3891 more example
Maybe it's none of my business as a blow-in, but I loved helping someone local, in return for what I have been given by the people of Achill over the last 25 years.
2023 August 5, Lauren Murphy, quoting Lisa Fukuda, “Sounds of Achill”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 11
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who has only recently arrived in an area or community; a newcomer.
Cite this entry
blow-in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blow-in
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