Toad-strangler

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A very heavy downpour of rain. US, dialectal

    ""I mean, hit's a toad-strangler of a rain," he proffered. "I mean!" she agreed. "Reckon your daddy'll keer, me a-follerin' this-a-way?" "Reckon he mought.""

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cob-floaterduck-drownderfrog-stranglergoose drowndergully-washerlightwood-knot floater

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""I mean, hit's a toad-strangler of a rain," he proffered. "I mean!" she agreed. "Reckon your daddy'll keer, me a-follerin' this-a-way?" "Reckon he mought.""

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