nor'wester
Americannoun
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a less common name for sou'wester
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a drink of strong liquor
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a strong northwest wind
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a hot dry wind from the Southern Alps
Etymology
Origin of nor'wester
First recorded in 1695–1705; nor(th)wester
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The nor'wester -- a weather pattern that develops in the Bay of Bengal during the summer -- struck the states of Bihar and West Bengal on April 13, killing 137 people.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2010
The nor'wester blowing, at the time, at the rate of forty miles an hour, increased to eighty or ninety miles by March 2nd.
From Voyage of the Liberdade by Joshua Slocum
By daybreak, the next morning, I was at my post, a sharp nor'wester blowing, and a heavy sea rolling in from the Atlantic.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
A stiff nor’wester tended rather to help her along, and she should reach Buenos Ayres within fifteen days.
From His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy
She is a domestic nor'wester, carrying balm and bloom into every nook and corner of her empire....
From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James
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