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 Blow Out (A).Blown, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Blow-point.
 
A game similar to our pea-puffing, only instead of peas small wooden skewers or bits of pointed wood were puffed through the tube. The game is alluded to by Florio, Strutt, and several other authors.   1
 


 Blow Out (A).Blown, 

 
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