blow me tight

Definitions

An expression of surprise.

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, archaic, slang

Examples

“Puss 'unting is werry well for cripples, and those that keep⟳ donkeys (renewed cheers from the blues, with angry looks from the green-coated gentry)—Blow⟳ me tight, but I never sees a chap a trudging along the turnpike, with a thick stick⟳ in his 'and, and a pipe in his mouth, but I says to myself, there goes a man well-mounted for 'arriers!”

“"Wallingford lock⟳!" they answered. "Lor' love⟳ you, sir, that’s been done away with for over a year. There ain't no Wallingford lock⟳ now, sir. You’re close⟳ to Cleeve now. Blow⟳ me tight if 'ere ain't a gentleman been looking for Wallingford lock⟳, Bill!"”

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