break wind
Expel intestinal gas, as in Beans always make him break wind. [Early 1500s]
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How to use break wind in a sentence
I was told I could have either a break-wind of boughs or a beehive hut, and on consideration I chose the latter.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontAs a break-wind a crescent-shaped wall of benzine cases was built several yards to the south.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonBy that time the Hut had been further protected by a crescent of cases, erected behind the first break-wind.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonEach day, now, Webb took an approximate magnetic dip and declination in the lee of the break-wind.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonAs he said, once behind a break-wind one could safely defy it, but on the march one is much more humble.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
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