broken wind
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of broken wind
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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Video footage showing the devastation across Iowa depicted flattened buildings, overturned cars and broken wind turbines.
From BBC ● May 22, 2024
A broken wind pump creaks, and a forgotten path runs nowhere into brambles.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2012
The result is a condition long familiar in horses, and known as "heaves" or "broken wind."
From Time Magazine Archive
She inhabits a cave of Adullam on the edge of the Inferno—i. e., the 'theatre'—below stairs, and has a small dog with a bad heart and broken wind always nagging on her knee.
From The Christian A Story by Caine, Hall, Sir
In itself broken wind is not a fatal disease, but death is generally caused by an affection closely connected with it.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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