blow-in

blow-in
 n.— «On Saturday, Bradfield’s 190 pre-selectors will declare the result of this young bull/old bull stoush between the 36-year-old blow-in from Hobart, and the white-haired David Connolly, who is nearing the end of his political career after 21 years on a margin which rarely slipped below 23 per cent.» —“Medical Mystery” by Yvonne Preston The Age (Australia) May 11, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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