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duck-drownder

duck-drownder noun: a very heavy rain.

Noun

duck-drownder (plural duck-drownders)

  1. (Southern US, especially) A very heavy rain.
    • The "duck drownder" flood along the Mississippi and the tributaries […].1971, Guy Harold Smith with Robert M. Basile, Conservation of natural resources
    • “We got to move out of here, ahora. Someone from Chisum's bound to ride over this way, lookin’ for you—but you can't wait ‘em out in another duck-drownder."1980, Garwood, W. R., Kill him, again

Forms of duck-drownder

pluralduck-drownders
alternative formduck-drowner
alternative formduck drownder

Questions about duck-drownder

What does duck-drownder mean?
Duck-drownder means a very heavy rain.
What part of speech is duck-drownder?
Duck-drownder is a noun.
What is the plural of duck-drownder?
The plural of duck-drownder is duck-drownders.

Words near duck-drownder in the dictionary

  1. duck-billed dinosaurs
  2. duck-billed platypus
  3. duck-billed platypuses
  4. duck-bills
  5. duck-butter
  6. duck-drownder
  7. duck-drownders
  8. duck-drowner
  9. duck-egg blue
  10. duck-egg blues
  11. duck-face

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