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robin snow

robin snow noun: a light, brief snow.

Noun

robin snow (plural robin snows)

  1. (New-England, New-York, US, dialectal, especially) A light, brief snow.
    • Though it was the last of March, there was a "robin snow" falling outside, and Mr. Winslow was believed by his family to have a weak throat, though he never manifested any signs of such weakness.1893, Maria Louise Pool, Dally, page 25
    • [page 290:] Observed the track of a squirrel in the snow under one of the apple trees on the southeast side of the Hill, andl, looking up, saw a red squirrel with a nut or piece of frozen apple […] Snowed again last night, as it has done once or twice before within ten days without my recording it...1906, Henry David Thoreau, Journal

Examples of robin snow in a sentence

  • We had another February snow — a robin snow which came in the night and was gone before noon.1949, Joseph Nelson, Backwoods Teacher:
  • In an earlier day, a snow that fell in April was called a “robin snow.” It was said to draw the last frost from the ground and bring the earthworms to the surface.1977, Lew Dietz, Night Train at Wiscasset Station:

Forms of robin snow

pluralrobin snows
alternative formrobin's snow

Questions about robin snow

What does robin snow mean?
Robin snow means a light, brief snow.
How do you use robin snow in a sentence?
We had another February snow — a robin snow which came in the night and was gone before noon.
What part of speech is robin snow?
Robin snow is a noun.
What is the plural of robin snow?
The plural of robin snow is robin snows.

Words near robin snow in the dictionary

  1. robin redbreast
  2. robin redbreasts
  3. Robin runaway
  4. robin snipe
  5. robin snipes
  6. robin snow
  7. robin snows
  8. Robin's rye
  9. robin's-egg blue
  10. robin's-egg blues
  11. robin-breast

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