Definition of "windpipes" [windpipes]

• Plural form of windpipe. (noun)

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• "Mere finger pinching of windpipes is dramatic and effective as a continued deterrant against incompetence, but we have learned (at the hands of lawyers) that there are much more painful ways to promote pain .... the removal of stock options and even longer hours of work in an effort to satisfy impossible conditions on Corrective Action Plans."
• "After three years of what amounted to prep school at Niagara, Father Egan convinced Donovan that the legal profession might be his calling he certainly had the windpipes for the courtroom and wrote him a glowing recommendation for Columbia College in New York City—which helped get him admitted in 1903 despite mediocre grades."
• "Last night, lions had brought down a bull by the water, and the screaming before the windpipes gave way had been extraordinary."