broken wind

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a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks

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It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse.
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It really seems a little too bad to have to ride a broken-winded hunter, and see men, who, are not half such good judges as yourself, able to throw away any amount of money on buying bad bargains.
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Double Silk had cost him just pounds 2,750 as a broken-winded five-year-old.
Cheltenham '99: Braced for another thriller; Reg Wilkins has already enjoyed success at the Festival but this time - after surviving a heart attack and pneumonia - he's chasing the big one
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