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There she blows is a term whalers used when on the look out for

whales. While hunting a whale has to come up for air to breath, and when that happens they shoot a plume of water out of their blowhole to clear the tubes (like a human would using a snorkel if it had become submerged). The plume is tracked, the ship turned, and they try to harpoon the whale.

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"There she blows" is an exclamation used by whalers to announce the sighting of a whale spouting water through its blowhole. The phrase has since become a more general expression meaning to point out or draw attention to something.

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