A poser. This word is not known in the Eastern States.
A gentleman at dinner asked me for a toast, and supposing he meant to have some fun at my expense, I concluded to go ahead, and give him and his likes a blizzard.--Crockett's Tour, p. 16.
·noun A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious bla...
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