although he's not the first person to blow his own horn, he's about the most obnoxious blower I've ever met
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Break out the snow shovel, fill up the gas tank, get some groceries, and fire up the snow blower.—Bill Kelly, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025 Natural snow has yet to fall in December as ski areas are desperately running snow blowers to avoid shutting down before the holidays.—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 2025 Failing to fully shut down the snow blower before working on it can lead to injury or damage to the equipment.—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025 The youngest blower at Nostalgie-Christbaumschmuck is fifty.—Emilia Petrarca, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blower
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of blower was
before the 12th century
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