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squaw winter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
squaw win-ter
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early onset of winter, an early (October) cold snap, often followed by flurries of snow.

American usage

noun

A mild onset of winter.

Canadian usage

Etymology

squaw + winter. The Narragansett word squaw was applied by Europeans to a large number of unrelated things; see the Derived terms section of the entry squaw.

Usage

Inflected Forms

squaw winters (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

blackberry winter Indian summer and synonyms listed there

Questions

What does squaw winter mean?
An early onset of winter, an early (October) cold snap, often followed by flurries of snow.
Where does squaw winter come from?
squaw + winter. The Narragansett word squaw was applied by Europeans to a large number of unrelated things; see the Derived terms section of the entry squaw.

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