white squall

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Noun[edit]

white squall (plural white squalls)

  1. A squall (especially tropical) not accompanied by black clouds. [from 18th c.]
    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[edit]

  • → Polish: biały szkwał (calque)

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