Cape doctor

British

noun

informal a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer

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But this wind coming off the hills and fields of ice, is the Cape doctor, and keeps away cholera, fever of every sort, and all malignant or infectious diseases.

From Letters from the Cape by Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady

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