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blackthorn winter

noun

Etymology

So-called because it (typically) falls when blackthorn is flowering.

Definitions

  1. A period of cold weather in spring or early summer (March, April or May).

    • Blackthorn winters were most severe; (I.) a week at the end of March; (II.) April 13th to 26th. Two perennial springs, in different ranges of hills, failed.

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