wind-bag

Example Sentences

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It was a capital puff for the Socialistic wind-bag, and one G.B.S. took care it should not be wasted.

From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 5, 1892 by Various

But his fears were soon allayed; Colonel Tudesco was only a wind-bag, and could not really arrest people.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole

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

I suspect him to be a wind-bag, but put him under your arm, and the wind in him will bravely play our music, like a pair of Savoyard bagpipes.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

The self-made man is the funniest wind-bag after all!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew