gasper

Example Sentences

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I gasped loudly, the lone gasper in a room of eight-odd souls.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2018

Former jocks chose push ups or the old football squad gasper, running in place; veterans of yoga groups did yoga bends; dancers did dancers' stretches.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Anybody aboard?" he bellowed as he wandered through the metal guts of the old gasper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wherefore, ye men and maids who chant, Refrain at all costs from exasper- ating The Morning Post, which can't Abide the methods of the gasper.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 15, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Here and there a man is puffing at his beloved "gasper" with the nonchalance that marks your bull-dog breed when stern work is afoot.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14 by Various