smoke-blower

A form of smoke blower — Any of various devices that use a powerful fan to clear an area of smoke.

Meanings

nounsmoke-blower (plural smoke-blowers)

plural smoke-blowers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of smoke blower (any sense).

    I have been using a smoke-blower which is held in the mouth, leaving the hands free.

    1914 June 15, J.A. Heberle, “Notes From Germany”, in Gleanings in Bee Culture, volume 42, number 12, page 462
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    The company may not have produced any futurists, though the rifle range ranked as one for many moons, and the rear sight looks like a post-impression when you look through it without the smoke-blower in operation; but there is a real artist who once adorned the company ranks, Clark Vorhees, who has had some beautiful pictures on exhibition at the Century Club.

    1912, “Kessayons: 2nd Company 1st Battalion”, in The Seventh Regiment Gazette, page 225

    He also had gloves and a head cover with a screen in it and a smoke-blower in his hand.

    2015, Jim Greenlee, Jamie Remembers: Growing up in Eustis

    The pipe smoker was kept in low key, being in the background, while the smoke-blower, or other half, was given greater contrast.

    1937, Minicam - Volume 1, page 15

    For some years he retained Volney T. Hoggatt, an immense man built like a gorilla, as a bodyguard and smoke-blower.

    1957, Forbes Parkhill, The Wildest of the West, page 188

    But he's a bullshitter and a smoke-blower, and he's lied to a lot of players and come up short.

    1977, Peter Golenbock, Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949-1964, page 320
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