blaw
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Example Sentences
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I pat it ablow the clock for fear the wun's o' heeven micht blaw it awa' like chaff, an' you couldna do wantin' it!'
From International Short Stories English by Various
Wha kens what turn of the wind of circumstance may blaw ye to Quebec?
From The Road to Paris by Robert Neilson Stephens
Some of the boys Sundays would get hold of that horn, just for the fun of the thing, and blaw it for all it was worth.
From Memoirs of Life and Literature by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
An’ poor awd men, ’at scarce can blaw, Wi’ beards an’ whiskers white as snaw; Sad sample ov oor fallen race, All rollin up to t’ Steeple Chase.
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by John Castillo
His bagpipes wheeze, an' his ribbons fly; The nor' win' plays wi' his thin white hair, While the pipers blaw wi' an unco' flare.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 by Various
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