duck-drownderとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

duck-drownder (plural duck-drownders)

1. (especially Southern US) A very heavy rain.
   • 1971, Guy Harold Smith with Robert M. Basile, Conservation of natural resources‎:

     The "duck drownder" flood along the Mississippi and the tributaries […] .

   • 1980, Garwood, W. R., Kill him, again‎:

     “We got to move out of here, ahora. Someone from Chisum's bound to ride over this way, lookin’ for you—but you can't wait ‘em out in another duck-drownder."