| 单词 | frog-strangler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrog-strangler (b) U.S. regional. Forming compounds with agent nouns, as frog-drowner, frog-strangler, etc., (often humorously) denoting a very heavy downpour of rain. ΚΠ 1878 Clarke County (Alabama) Democrat 15 May 1/2 We had a regular frog drowner last night.., and the fence, the crop and land are all gone! 1897 Edgefield (S. Carolina) Advertiser 7July It [sc. the rain] was a cloud emptier.., a root soaker, a frog strangler, and a terrapin drowner. 1909 Atlanta (Georgia) Georgian 17 Mar. 4/4 A regular frog choker. A gully washer fell Tuesday night. 1986 Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa) 2 Oct. b3/1 Not since Noah weathered 40 days of gullywashers and frog drowners has so much water rolled down the Mississippi River. 1995 L. May In my Father's Garden (1997) 42 It began to rain, a frog choker. 2014 News-Jrnl. (Daytona Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 26 Sept. Unless we get another frog strangler with 6–8 inches of rain, we should be in good shape. < as lemmas |
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