Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bellows

The pit of the stomach. To knock a man on the “bellows” takes his “wind (breath) away.”

Sing old rose and burn the bellows.
(See Sing.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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