Meanings
plural smoke-blowers
- 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 4625 more examples
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 225He 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 EustisThe 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 15For 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 188But 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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