bellowser

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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