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snow-eater†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a warm, usually dry, west or southwest wind, commonest during winter and spring, that moderates the weather in the region east of the Rockies, including much of the western prairies on occasion, but regularly in the foothills from the Peace River to Colorado.
See: Chinook wind
Quotations
1912
Snow-eater, a Chinook or warm wind which rapidly melts the snow.
1951
Such periods (of cold) are often followed by summery chinook winds which the Indians call snow-eaters.
1959
The warm west wind which brings this sudden change is known as . . . a "snow-eater."