bellowser
English
Etymology
bellows + -er, from bellows (“the lungs”); (life sentence): because people continue to breathe until they die.
Noun
bellowser (plural bellowsers)
- (slang, obsolete) A sentence of transportation for life.
- (slang, obsolete) A blow in the pit of the stomach, taking one's breath away.
Related terms
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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