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hair rivin

nounweather

sudden strong gust of wind

a sudden, strong gust or blast of wind

Example in use

A hair rivin cam ower the voe an snatched ma hat.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/HAIR-RIV-in/

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutral

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