wheezer
(ˈhwiːzə(r))
[f. wheeze v. + -er1.]
One who wheezes; esp. a broken-winded horse.
| 1831 Youatt Horse x. 196 The Wheezer utters a sound not unlike that of an asthmatic person when a little hurried. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 227. |
| transf. 1915 Blackw. Mag. Aug. 259/1 Beastly cold on top of this old wheezer [sc. omnibus]. |