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blower
noun- a telephone UK, 1922
Carried over from the “speaking tube” which was blown through to alert the receiver; has also been applied to the telegraph system when used for the transmission of racing results. During World War 2, and for some time after, applied to a public address system. - [T]he bent bogey [corrupt policeman] was on the blower to Charley. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 62, 1956
- This geezer on the blower was so roundabout that he sounded deadly sus [suspicious][.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 37, 1962
- Regan wished he hadn’t been duty officer when the blower gave him details of a pop show’s bust-up. — The Sweeney, p. 11, 1976
- Love getting on the blower and mouthing off to other mobs. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 174, 1999
- Get on the blower to those lads of yours. — Chris Baker and Andrew Day, Lock, Stock... & Spaghetti Sauce, p. 228, 2000
- someone who succeeds at failing most of what they attempt US
A noun formation from BLOW - — Judi Sanders, Faced and Faded, Hanging to Hurl, p. 4, 1993
- a respirator US
- — Sally Williams, “Strong” Words, p. 135, 1994
- in a jazz band, a soloist US, 1960
- — Robert S. Gould, A Jazz Lexicon, p. 26, 1964
- a handkerchief US
- — Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, p. 45, 1960
- Stout looked humiliated and ineffably sad as he pulled out his blower and began to wipe off the goo. — Timothy Crouse, The Boys on the Bus, p. 53, 1973
- a marijuana smoker US
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 27, 1949
- a party US
- — Don R. McCreary (Editor), Dawg Speak, 2001
- a pistol US
- — Porter Bibb, CB Bible, p. 94, 1976
- in hot rodding and drag racing, a supercharger US
- — Hot Rod Magazine, p. 13, November 1948
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