(obsolete, slang) Deported to a penal colony, transported.
(obsolete, slang) Deported to a penal colony, transported.
a long-bellowsed camera
Furnished with a bellows (of a particular type).
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(slang, obsolete) A sentence of transportation for life.
(UK, slang, obsolete) out of breath.
(historical) To deport to a penal colony.
An archaic British idiom for someone who is out of breath or winded, comparing the human lungs to a damaged bellows that can no longer pump air properly. Essentially obsolete today and survives mainly in historical literature and phrase collections.
a long-bellowsed camera
Short of breath. (of a horse).