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blowtube
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Noun blowtube has 2 senses
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blowtube, n.
- A blowgun. Tylor. [1913 Webster]
- A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles. [1913 Webster]
- A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of “metal” (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also
blowing tube , andblowpipe . [1913 Webster]
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