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Meaning of there she blows | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaler (whaling ship) when sighting the spouting water thrown up by a whale surfacing.

Examples

“"There she blows! there! there! there! she blows! she blows!" "Where-away?" "On the lee-beam, about two miles off! a school of them!"”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

there we go there you are there you go there you have it there's a first time for everything there's a good time coming