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rafter snappers

rafter snappers is the plural of rafter snapper.

Meaning of rafter snapper

Noun

rafter snapper (usually uncountable, plural rafter snappers)

  1. (Maine, US, idiomatic, rare, usually) A very cold night.
    • When the rafter-snapper roared through here in March, there wasn't so much as a wet basement.2001 April 18, Ben Goodridge, “Earth Year”, in alt.horror.werewolves (Usenet)

Questions about rafter snappers

What is rafter snappers the plural of?
Rafter snappers is the plural of rafter snapper.

Words near rafter snappers in the dictionary

  1. raftage
  2. rafte
  3. rafted
  4. rafter
  5. rafter snapper
  6. rafter snappers
  7. raftered
  8. raftering
  9. rafterings
  10. rafterless
  11. rafters

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