Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An underground room used as a refuge on the approach of a cyclone or tornado in certain western plains and prairies of the United States. Sometimes called
cyclone-pit .
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Examples
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Only two things saved Peter, first the constant rapid-fire of objections which Stannard kept making, to give Peter time to think; and second, the cyclone-cellar which
100\%: the Story of a Patriot Upton Sinclair 1923
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Only two things saved Peter, first the constant rapid-fire of objections which Stannard kept making, to give Peter time to think; and second, the cyclone-cellar which Stannard had provided for him in advance.
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A few yards from their front door is a bomb-proof, looking exactly like a Kansas cyclone-cellar, in which they find refuge when one of the frequent bombardments begins.
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