dragonsbreath

English

Etymology

From dragon +‎ -s- +‎ breath.

Noun

dragonsbreath (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of dragonbreath.
   • 1987, Derek Robinson, War Story, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 244:

     He unclipped his own flare pistol, knowing it was unloaded, and tested the trigger action, squeezing harder until it fired and it was loaded and the flare roared out like dragonsbreath.

   • 1996, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition (book one of A Song of Ice and Fire), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published 2016, →ISBN, page 323:

     “Most of them, they think it was some battle. A siege, a burning tower, an enemy with a torch. One fool asked if it was dragonsbreath.”

   • 2017, C. J. Deering, Cronica Acadia: Bend Sinister, →ISBN, page 431:

     They walked all the way to the stairs of the royal palace. There was no great gate around this palace as the entire city was considered impenetrable. Either way, there were plenty of guards and more dragonsbreath.