there she blows en · X
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaler (whaling ship) when sighting the spouting water thrown up by a whale surfacing.
"There she blows! there! there! there! she blows! she blows!" "Where-away?" "On the lee-beam, about two miles off! a school of them!"
1851, Herman Melville, chapter 47, in Moby Dick:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thar she blows | alternative | lexicographic |