cyclone cellar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cyclone cellar
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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They found uncivic his Tornado, showing Kansans scuttling into a cyclone cellar as a giant cornucopia of wind marches across the darkened prairie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Putting his family safely away into a cyclone cellar he stood at the cellar door, watched.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a leap they reached the cyclone cellar.
From The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)
It is a good form for a dugout for a root house or cyclone cellar.
From Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by Beard, Daniel Carter
I had heard of Kansas cyclones, had been shown a "cyclone cellar," and only the day before had taken dinner in a house of which one end had been blown clean off by a cyclone.
From The Story of Chautauqua by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
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