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fann

nounweather

Heap of snow formed by the wind

A bank or heap of snow formed by the wind; a snowdrift.

Example in use

Da fann's blawn agen da hoose.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/FAN/

Word snapshot

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: found

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