send her down Hughie

感叹词 intj.
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感叹词 intj.
  1. An appeal for continued rain, invoked when it comes after a long drought. Australia
    — All night it poured down but Dinny grinned and applauded. ‘Send her down, Hughie!’ he cried, as the diggers used to on Coolgardie and Hannans.

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Hughie (“diminutive of Hugh, a male given name”) is a god of rain, addressed as an ordinary person.
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