noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sentence of transportation for life. obsolete, slang
2. 2
   A blow in the pit of the stomach, taking one's breath away. obsolete, slang

Etymology

From bellows + -er, from bellows (“the lungs”); (life sentence): because people continue to breathe until they die.

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