blow-pit

Updated: May 28, 2025

I tould him to put her to again an' fire a blank into the blow-pit to show how the dirt hung on the groovin'. He did that, but he did not put in the pin av the fallin'-block, an' av coorse whin he fired he was strook by the block jumpin' clear. Well for him 'twas but a blank a full charge wud ha' cut his oi out." 'I looked a thrifle wiser than a boiled sheep's head. "How's that, Sargint?" sez I.

Rudyard Kipling - Soldiers Three

I tould him to put her to again an' fire a blank into the blow-pit to show how the dirt hung on the groovin'. He did that, but he did not put in the pin av the fallin'-block, an' av coorse whin he fired he was strook by the block jumpin' clear. Well for him 'twas but a blank a full charge wud ha' cut his oi out," "I looked a thrifle wiser than a boiled sheep's head. 'How's that, Sargint? sez I.

Rudyard Kipling - Indian Tales