wind-bag

Example Sentences

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Oh, Mr. Governor," said Libor in a tone of flattery, "I am glad indeed to be able to speak to the real governor at last, instead of to that wind-bag of a fellow.

From 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God by J?sika, Mikl?s

But his fears were soon allayed; Colonel Tudesco was only a wind-bag, and could not really arrest people.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole

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 Wood, William Charles Henry

Is the inscription incomplete if we do not chisel beneath it, "A wind-bag pricked by Death"?

From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by Curtis, George William

A mere wind-bag, that's what he is, with a lot of nonsensical ideas about his own importance.

From Virginia by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson