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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Employees washing their hands at the kitchen handwash sink couldn’t dry their hands without paper towels or a blower.—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 Three electric blowers inflate the bellows.—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025 This assertion, according to a subsequent whistle-blower complaint, was false.—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 The cordless blower has garnered thousands of perfect ratings and has been snapped up by more than 7,000 shoppers in the past month.—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 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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