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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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BOMB, n., v. Sc. usages:

I. n. A puff or belch of smoke (Per. 1975); a blow-down in a chimney (Inv. 1950).

II. v. To puff or belch, of smoke (Per. 1975).