williwaw

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Etymology[edit]

Unknown.

Noun[edit]

williwaw (plural williwaws)

  1. (nautical) A strong gust of cold wind.
    • 1982, Roger Angell, Late innings, Simon and Schuster, page 196:
      The breeze in this case was the infamous north-Chicago williwaw that sometimes blows outward and bleacherward at Wrigley Field.

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