white squall
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English
Noun
white squall (plural white squalls)
- A squall (especially tropical) not accompanied by black clouds.
- Coordinate term: black squall
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 249:
- “So we ran until the 31st of January, when a white squall took us, and nearly proved fatal to all aboard.”
Descendants
- → Polish: biały szkwał (calque)
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