broken wind
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- broken-winded adjective
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
Next door in a poorer house, there is a child's broken wind chime.
From The Guardian
A broken wind pump creaks, and a forgotten path runs nowhere into brambles.
From The Guardian
Horses fed on concentrated aliment are liable to various disorders, originating from diseased action of the stomach and liver, broken wind, staggers, blindness, &c.
From Project Gutenberg
This is a frequent cause of disease, and especially of broken wind.
From Project Gutenberg
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