wind-bag

Example Sentences

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Oh, Mr. Governor," said Libor in a tone of flattery, "I am glad indeed to be able to speak to the real governor at last, instead of to that wind-bag of a fellow.

From 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God by J?sika, Mikl?s

This unexpected response rather pricks the wind-bag of the man's zeal.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various

It's gold," Peters yelled in answer—"gold, you old wind-bag!

From Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush by Spence, Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton)

That old wind-bag Klutchem had been worrying him, I heard, and the colonel sat down on him hard.

From Colonel Carter of Cartersville by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

A Norwegian witch once boasted of sinking a vessel by opening a wind-bag she possessed.

From A History of Nursery Rhymes by Green, Percy B.