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Cold snap   /koʊld snæp/   Listen
Cold snap

noun
1.
A spell of cold weather.  Synonym: cold spell.






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"Cold snap" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the snow fell inches deep. But there was no more shelling on either side for the next week. Apart from sniping, which was assisted by the snow, we were left in peace to bale out the mud and repair the trenches. This cold snap caused a lot of sickness, and it was not improved by our having to hold these trenches for over a week—a long time under such wintry conditions. At last, on March 9, we were relieved and moved back to some ...
— Q.6.a and Other places - Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 • Francis Buckley

... low; while he would very likely grumble at a much less positive chilliness coupled with the disheartening feeling that he was enduring nothing extraordinary. The general exaltation of spirit and suspension of the conventionalities for the time being, which an extraordinarily, hot or cold snap produces in a community, especially in the country, is noteworthy. During that run of mine to the post-office every man I met grinned confidentially, as if to say, "We 're hearty fellows to stand it as we do." We regarded each other with an increase of mutual ...
— The Cold Snap - 1898 • Edward Bellamy

... Why, he went over home; don't think he's a goin' down with us—we don't need him. Now, jest set us out some of them cold snap beans an' a hunk of co'n bread, fur the wagon will ...
— The Starbucks • Opie Percival Read



Words linked to "Cold snap" :   while, cold spell, spell, piece, patch



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