black blizzard
[ 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.
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Origin of black blizzard
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby black blizzard
black bindweed, black birch, blackbird, blackbirder, blackbirding, black blizzard, Black Bloc, blackboard, blackboard jungle, Blackboard Learn, blackbody
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