bellows to mend
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This constitutes the process of respiration or breathing, and on its due performance will chiefly depend the health and usefulness of the animal. A horse calling “bellows-to-mend” is fit for little."
- "A pause now took place, and some mutual feinting and dodging, it being 'bellows to mend' on each side."