northwester
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of northwester
Example Sentences
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The start off Newport came in a spanking northwester, and a too-daring majority of crews broke out their spinnakers.
From Time Magazine Archive
On one calamitous day early in 1953, a howling northwester teamed with a wild spring tide.
From Time Magazine Archive
His story: a northwester blew away every one of the 2,000 pestholes an Alberta rancher had dug last summer and carried them clear out of the country.
From Time Magazine Archive
In clear, dry, arctic fury, the spearhead of the polar northwester cut down across Alberta and Saskatchewan, sweeping over the Dakotas and the U.S. middle border, sweeping southeast toward Key West and the equatorial sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he who sang the praises of the "wild northwester" had been with us then, I doubt if he would not have abated of his enthusiasm.
From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
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