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wind⋅bag

  [wind-bag]
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–noun
1. Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
2. the bag of a bagpipe.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see wind 1 , bag

Related forms:
wind⋅bag⋅ger⋅y, noun
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wind·bag   (wĭnd'bāg')   
n.  

  1. The flexible air-filled chamber of a bagpipe or similar instrument.

  2. Slang A talkative person who communicates nothing of substance or interest.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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windbag

and bag of wind
  1. n.
    a talkative person; a braggart. : Quiet, you windbag!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

windbag 
1470, "bellows for an organ," from wind (n.) + bag. Fig. sense of "person who talks too much" is attested from 1827.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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