sou'easter

"Yes, we can anchor, Mr. Johns; but if that sou'easter turns out the gale it promises, the best anchor aboard won't be so good as a gridiron."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Various

"It's a sou'easter, I'm almost certain," roared Dan in the girl's ear.

Dan Merrithew Lawrence Perry 1914

At ha'f-past ten it begun to sprinkle; at eleven 'twas raining hard; at noon 'twas a pouring, roaring, sou'easter, and looked good for the next twelve hours at least.

Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

This first day was made more difficult for me from the fact that the Ghost, under close reefs, (terms such as these I did not learn till later), was plunging through what Mr. Mugridge called an "'owlin' sou'easter."

Chapter 4 1904

'Frisco Kid was describing to him, between mouthfuls, the last sou'easter the Dazzler had weathered, and Joe experienced an increasing awe for this boy who had lived so long upon the water and knew so much about it.

Chapter VIII 1902

Kid was describing to him, between mouthfuls, the last sou'easter the

The Cruise of the Dazzler Jack London 1896

Nothin 'in the world can turn him once he's made up his mind, but a regular sou'easter.

The World of Ice 1859

She's a-smilin 'and a-purrin' in the sun today, but I'm thinkin 'when it blows up a sou'easter, with nothin' in God's world a-tween here and Honolulu to stop the sweep o 'it, she shows every one o' her reefs like a cat barrin 'her claws. "

Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

"We was makin 'up to the dock when I see the general agent standin' in the door o 'the dock office -- an' all of a sudden I didn't feel so chipper about havin 'crossed Humboldt bar in a sou'easter.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918