puff

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puhahdus puhekieltä A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
puhekieltä The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.

out of puff

puff of smoke

to every puff of wind a slave

Is nothing to be said in praise of the "Emporiums" and "Repositories" and "Divans," which formerly were mere insignificant tailors', toymen's, and tobacconists' shops? Is the transition from the barber's pole to the revolving bust of the perruquier, nothing? — the leap from the bare counter-traversed shop to the carpeted and mirrored saloon of trade, nothing? Are they not, one and all, practical puffs, intended to invest commerce with elegance, and to throw a halo round extravagance?

Here the duke is made the vehicle of the tailor's advertisement, and the prelusive compliments, ostensibly meant for his grace, merge into a covert recommendation of the coat. Several specimens might be given of this species of puff, which is to be met with in almost every paper, and is a favourite form with booksellers, professional men, &c.

He was the eighteenth century king of spin, or, in the language of the day, the "prince of puff".

cream puff

Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?

The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from the chase.

Puffing and panting, we plodded on until within about a mile of the harbor we came upon a sight that brought us all up standing.

It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.

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Then came brave Glory puffing by.

The clearing north will puff the clouds away.

I puff the prostitute away.

a bladder puffed with air

the sea puffed up with winds

puffed up with military success

puffed with wonderful skill