"Broken wind" Quotes from Famous Books
... touch; to get money from any one; also to arrest. Touched in the wind; broken winded. Touched in the head; insane, crazy. To touch up a woman; to have carnal knowledge of her. Touch bone and whistle; any one having broken wind backwards, according to the vulgar law, may be pinched by any of the company till he has touched bone ... — 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue • Captain Grose et al. |