southerly buster
(sometimes capitals) a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature: Sometimes shortened to: southerly
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How to use southerly buster in a sentence
In an hour the temperature falls 40 or 50 degs., and the air is cleared by a "southerly buster."
Six Letters From the Colonies | Robert SeatonNortherly and north-westerly winds prevailed, and we whistled in vain for a southerly buster to clear the coast of ice.
From Paris to New York by Land | Harry de WindtThe northern brickfielder is almost invariably followed by a strong "southerly buster," cloudy and cool from the ocean.
I had at least two miles to swim; and that in the teeth of a southerly buster, which I could see was now coming on in full force.
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion | G. Hamilton-BrowneA wild southerly buster was blowing, bringing rain with it in floods.
Captivity | M. Leonora Eyles
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