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broken wind
[ wind ]
broken wind
/ wɪnd /
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- broken-winded adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of broken wind1
First recorded in 1745–55
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Example Sentences
The cheers died on our lips, for it was surely something more than exhaustion or broken wind.
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Look at that poor crest-maker, tearing at his hair, and at that pike-maker, who has just broken wind in yon sword-cutler's face.
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This is a frequent cause of disease, and especially of broken wind.
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He himself was kneeling, resting his revolver on the frame of the broken wind-shield.
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Persons of stalwart limb commonly underestimate a distance, whereas those of broken wind and stride stretch it greater than it is.
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