A pair of bellows

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the ordinary household instrument for blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a valve and tube.

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Bellows foll. fool fool around fool away fooling Sighs			He held a pair of bellows upon his knee, with which he had apparently been endeavouring to rouse it into more cheerful action; but he had fallen into deep thought; and with his arms folded on them, and his chin resting on his thumbs, fixed his eyes, abstractedly, on the rusty bars. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context The Saracens produced from their baskets a quantity of charcoal, a pair of bellows, and a flask of oil. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context Beside it lay a pair of bellows no less dusty, the upper side of which bore this inscription incrusted in copper letters: SPIRA SPERA. Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context			A horizon a hundred times A into G a Kempis à Kempis A kind of à la a la carte à la carte a la Florentine à la king a la mode à la mode A labor of love A level A list a little a lot A man of mark A marked man a mensa et thoro a million times A month mind A murrain on you A note shaver A pair of bellows A per se A piece of bric-a-brac A piece of money à pied A pig in a poke A play upon words a posteriori A power a priori A respecter of persons A screw loose A shares A sharp A sheet in the wind A ship's caliber A ship's husband A short cut A sizes a snowball's chance in hell A son A speaking acquaintance A stand of arms A stick of eels A straight face A straight line			A Nuestros Enfermos Servimos A Dios a number cruncher a numbers game A of F a one-day wonder a one-hit wonder a one-horse race a one-horse town a one-man band a one-night stand a one-two punch a one-way ticket to a or two a or two A P A P A P A P3P Preference Exchange Language A P3P Preference Exchange Language 1 a pack of lies a pack rat A Paean A Pæan a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a pain in the neck a pain in the rear A pair of bellows a pair of binoculars a pair of binoculars a pair of binoculars a pair of compasses a pair of compasses a pair of compasses a pair of forceps a pair of forceps a pair of forceps a pair of pincers a pair of pincers a pair of pliers a pair of pliers a pair of pliers A Pair of Scissors A Pair of Scissors A Pair of Scissors a pair of secateurs a pair of shears a pair of shears a pair of shears a pair of steps a pair of steps a pair of steps a pair of steps a pair of tongs a pair of tongs a pair of tongs a pair of trousers a pair of tweezers

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