- on the blower
- British informal
talking on the telephone
Janet was on the blower for over an hour last night.
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on the blower
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the blower — n British a telephone. A slang term which was common by the 1940s and is still heard. It may originate in blow as an archaic term meaning to talk , or from the habit of blowing into an old tele phone mouthpiece before speaking. Get Nelson on the… … Contemporary slang
on the blower — british informal phrase talking on the telephone Janet was on the blower for over an hour last night. Thesaurus: using a telephonehyponym Main entry: blower * * * on the blower Brit informal + … Useful english dictionary
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On the blower — (UK) If someone is on the blower, they are on the phone … Dictionary of English idioms
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on the blower — Australian Slang on the telephone … English dialects glossary
Blower — may refer to:* Blower (fish), a fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States and the West Indies * USS Blower (SS 325), a submarine of the United States Navy * a ducted mechanical fan, especially when used in a heating, ventilating, and air… … Wikipedia
Blower door — A blower door is a diagnostic tool designed to measure the airtightness of buildings. and to help locate air leakage sites. A blower door consists of a calibrated fan for measuring an airflow rate, and a pressure sensing device to measure the air … Wikipedia
blower — noun (C) 1 a machine that blows out air: a snow blower for clearing the path 2 on the blower BrE old fashioned on the telephone in order to talk to someone: Get on the blower to him at once. see also: glassblower … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
