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storm signal
noun
- a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of storm signal1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
One man has a rheumatic joint which, when the wind is northeast, lifts the storm signal.
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This fact is a storm signal whose significance we should sacredly heed.
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When you start anything with me in short-hand it's bound to turn out a storm signal.'
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The small ragged vein on Anthony's forehead was the storm signal for the family.
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Snow was now beginning to fall in large flakes; a storm signal, and one they liked little.
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