wind-bag
Example Sentences
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There was a wind-bag hanging over the sun that will soon be piping a merry note.
From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
So long as men had nothing but a single "wind-bag" of skin or cloth the best wind was a "lubber's wind," that is, a wind from straight behind.
From Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas by William Charles Henry Wood
It's gold," Peters yelled in answer—"gold, you old wind-bag!
From Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush by Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton) Spence
Thus, in time, he had acquired a reputation for being unreliable and a wind-bag, with the result that skippers were chary of engaging him.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
But no ancient sail was more than what sailors call a wind-bag now; and they were of no use at all unless the wind was pretty well aft, that is, more or less from behind.
From Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas by William Charles Henry Wood
