farmer’s blow

farmer’s blow
 n.— «He it a couple of times, blowing it out with the “farmer’s blow” method several times before I tried it myself. enter foolish act here I stuck the peanut not half way up my nose, but ALL the way up my nose.…I pushed, pulled, and tried to “farmer blow” it out, but I just couldn’t.» —“Oohhh, this could be messy, overlook this supposed crime” by glassbottle11 Miss Laura’s Journal (Wisconsin) Mar. 15, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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