wind-bag

Example Sentences

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The new prefect sent down from Paris turned out to be a wind-bag.

From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by Hurlbert, William Henry

By my soul, Nick, you are the maddest wind-bag I have ever heard.

From The King's Achievement by Benson, Robert Hugh

So long as men had nothing but a single "wind-bag" of skin or cloth the best wind was a "lubber's wind," that is, a wind from straight behind.

From Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas by Wood, William Charles Henry

For thy first, thou'rt thyself; for the second, a rogue; and for the third, a wind-bag.

From The Geste of Duke Jocelyn by Farnol, Jeffery

And that old wind-bag sat near us and watched us—watched me.

From Visionaries by Huneker, James