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Breathing spell

noun

A short respite. Synonyms: breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing time.

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"Breathing spell" Quotes from Famous Books

... had a piece of bread in his hand, from which he had been recklessly munching as he had stood for a moment's breathing spell on the horizontal ledge beside the niche before venturing to enter, for the command had broken camp with scant allowance of time for breakfast. With a genial laugh he thrust a morsel into the pappoose's open mouth and put the ...

— The Frontiersmen • Charles Egbert Craddock

... cigars (cigarettes had been smoked with every course—it was that kind of a feast) the four mouths had a breathing spell. ...

— The Man In The High-Water Boots - 1909 • F. Hopkinson Smith

Words linked to "Breathing spell" : respite, rest, breather, rest period, breathing space, relief, breath, breathing time