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
"Russ, come in here!" called Mr. Pertell, through a crack in the trap door of the cyclone cellar.
From The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys by Hope, Laura Lee
And then, one day, Pa Rearick blew in for another visit and caught his son playing a mandolin in our lounging room—far, far from the nearest cyclone cellar.
From At Good Old Siwash by Fitch, George
No man ever found the celestial city or its glorious king so long as he regarded his religion as a cyclone cellar.
From Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals by Cope, Henry Frederick
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