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

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

O'Shaughnessy arose and respectfully drew him aside, offering him a "gasper".

From Snake and Sword A Novel by Wren, Percival Christopher