rafter snapper

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very cold night. Maine,US,idiomatic,rare,uncountable
    — When the rafter-snapper roared through here in March, there wasn't so much as a wet basement.

词形变化

rafter snappers plural

词源

Originates from the state of Maine, in which the wooden planks and beams of a residential dwelling produce "snapping" sounds during very cold nights.
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