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black blizzard

American

[blak bliz-erd] / ˈblæk ˈblɪz ərd /

noun

Meteorology.

a dust storm, specially an extremely severe one, as repeatedly experienced in the Dust Bowl during the 1930s.

That spring, those terrifying black blizzards battered our homes and farms for nearly two weeks.

Etymology

Origin of black blizzard

First recorded in 1895–1900

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But it was no black blizzard of '36.

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