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- noun Plural form of
catch-breath .
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To more completely arouse dormant muscles that should play an important part in breathing, place the hands against the sides, thumbs well back, take, through the nostrils or the slightly parted lips, six short catch-breaths, moving the ribs _out at the side_ with each catch-breath.
Resonance in Singing and Speaking Thomas Fillebrown 1872
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