blue norther

American  

noun

Oklahoma and Texas.

1. a cold north wind that brings rapidly falling temperatures.

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Etymology

Origin of blue norther

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

To western Kansans, this was it�a sure-enough "blue norther,"* the season's first.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's different from the plains in a blue norther.

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.

And since it was coming a blue norther and snowing outside.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar

Then the wind changed and there came a blue norther from the northeast.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar

“Jean, close the port behind Miss Emory,” said I. It was plain enough to my mind that a blue norther was breaking, with its swift drop in temperature and its possibly high wind.

From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Mathes, Harry A.