palouser
📖 Definitions
noun
1. Strong, dangerous winds.
2. An improvised lantern.
3. A country bumpkin.
💬 Usage Examples
“But with the impetus of a palouser ... these fires converged into one and then burned ferociously for two days.” Larry Sears; The Big Burn; The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts); Oct 6, 2009. “When we got opposite the camp we couldn’t see nothing at all, and I hollered for someone to come out with a palouser and light us in to camp.” Elers Koch; Forty Years a Forester; University of Nebraska Press; 2019.