| 单词 | squaw winter |
| 释义 | > as lemmassquaw winter squaw winter n. [probably after Indian summer n.] now historical a short period of wintry weather occurring in autumn in the northern United States and Canada, esp. one preceding an Indian summer. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > periods of unseasonal weather Michaelmas spring1557 All-Hallown Summer1598 St Martin's Summera1616 autumn-spring1639 go-summer1649 Indian summer1790 squaw winter1847 All Saints' Summer1861 Martin's summer1864 Martinmas summer1881 1847 Zion's Herald & Wesleyan Jrnl. 2 June 86/4 It was customary..for the settlers, at the commencement of the squaw winter, to turn out in companies of thirty or forty men, and hunt bears. 1871 Lakeside Monthly July 4/2 Those single-minded, grand old fellows..kicked the light snow of ‘squaw winter’ from their Spanish-leather boots. 1992 F. Manfred Of Lizards & Angels ii. xxii. 192 Looking out the kitchen window..Thea saw it was snowing. So early in the fall? Goodness, it meant they were going to have a spell of squaw winter. < as lemmas |
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