| 单词 | gully-washer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgully-washer gully-washer n. U.S. a heavy downpour. ΚΠ 1903 J. Fox Little Shepherd iv. 59 Send us, not a gentle sizzle-sozzle, but a sod-soaker, a gully-washer. Give us a tide, O Lord! 1961 Amer. Speech 36 153 An old farmer looked at the threatening sky..and said, ‘It's goin' to be a gully washer and a chunk floater.’ 1969 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 22 Aug. 4/6 Other two-word names for a heavy rain [are]..gully-washer, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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