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blow n Cp OED ~ v1 4 b 'to take breath'; cp DAE
n1 3 'breathing space' [for horse] (1885). Short rest from work; break.
P 148-61 Take a blow! T 141/64-652 They wandered in on
the bleak land and they got up against this big sandrock and had a blow. 1966 FARIS 98-9
[Men of Cat Harbour] spend each evening arguing, gossiping and 'telling cuffers' in the
shop, and have numerous 'blows' (i.e. breaks) during the day. 1967 HORWOOD 23 [He was]
trimming out sticks on the slope of Witch Hazel Road one day when, pausing for 'a blow,'
he noticed a fox only ten or fifteen yards away sitting up watching him. P 41-68 There
was usually a spelling rock where he took a blow.
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