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- noun A sudden, localized
blizzard .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Driving back to Toronto, we ran into a snowsquall.
Family Day Teena in Toronto 2008
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Once, for ten minutes, the sun shone at midday, and ten minutes afterward a new gale was piping up, both watches were shortening sail, and all was buried in the obscurity of a driving snowsquall.
Make Westing 1909
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"It's a spring snowsquall, that's what it is," announced Dick.
The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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Due to the cold temperatures and northerly winds behind a succession of low-pressure systems, the typical "snow belt" areas adjacent to the Great Lakes experienced a more active December than normal, with snowsquall warnings in effect a total of 11 days from Dec. 4-22.
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A snowsquall warning is in effect for Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga and Brampton.
680news.com 2009
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There is a snowsquall warning for areas to the north -- Owen Sound to Blue Mountain, Barrie to Newmarket, into northern York Region and also across the Hwy. 401 in Woodstock and London.
680news.com 2008
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