"smoke-blower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smoke-blowers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smoke-blower (plural smoke-blowers)
  1. Alternative form of smoke blower (any sense). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: smoke blower (extra: any sense)
    Sense id: en-smoke-blower-en-noun-kh6-6idq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1977, Peter Golenbock, Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949-1964, page 320",
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