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Broken wind   /brˈoʊkən wɪnd/   Listen
Broken wind

noun
1.
A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks.  Synonym: heaves.





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"Broken wind" Quotes from Famous Books



... touch; to get money from any one; also to arrest. Touched in the wind; broken winded. Touched in the head; insane, crazy. To touch up a woman; to have carnal knowledge of her. Touch bone and whistle; any one having broken wind backwards, according to the vulgar law, may be pinched by any of the company till he has touched bone ...
— 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue • Captain Grose et al.


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