williwaw
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Noun
editwilliwaw (plural williwaws)
- (nautical) A strong gust of cold wind.
- 1982, Roger Angell, Late innings, Simon and Schuster, page 196:
- The breeze in this case was the infamous north-Chicago williwaw that sometimes blows outward and bleacherward at Wrigley Field.