Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of southwester.
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- noun A
southwester
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front
- noun a strong wind from the southwest
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Examples
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Charley pulled his sou'wester over his eyes, and I followed his example, though I could not guess the idea he evidently had in mind and intended to carry into execution.
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It seemed to drive up as well as down, piercing its way under my sou'wester, through my oilskins, down my tight-buttoned collar, and into my sea-boots.
CHAPTER XXVIII 2010
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His sou'wester, black and glistening, was like the helmet of some legendary hero.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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Miss West, having deserted the scene five minutes before, returned, a proper sea-woman, clad in oil-skins, sou'wester, and long sea-boots.
CHAPTER XXVIII 2010
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All I possessed were on me, and they were as follows: a pair of sea-boots that providentially leaked the water out as fast as it ran in, a pair of fifty-cent overalls, a forty-cent cotton shirt, and a sou'wester.
Chapter 12 2010
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She stood challengingly at my open door, in oilskins, sou'wester, and sea-boots.
CHAPTER XXXIV 2010
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So short was he that he was all sea-boots and sou'wester.
CHAPTER II 2010
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He starts by donning his sou'wester and looking at the plight of the UK's fishing industry – how many fish are left, which species need to be left alone to replenish – but finds that things are more complicated than at first glance.
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With numb fingers inside my thick mitten, I drew aside the ear-flap of her sou'wester and shouted:
CHAPTER XXXIV 2010
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I had no hat, so I had to wear the sou'wester, and it will be noted that I have listed neither underclothes nor socks.
Chapter 12 2010
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