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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US, informal, Southern US, Midwestern US, Western US) An intense, but usually short-lived, rainstorm..
"Then maybe some preacher got a tad too zealous on Sunday" Thinking of his " frog-strangler," Lucy said, "In Montana, we'd call this a gullywasher." " Gullywasher. I like that." She could hear him, up there on the island in Thomas Jefferson's ...
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Gully washer means (US, informal, Southern US, Midwestern US, Western US) An intense, but usually short-lived, rainstorm..
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"Then maybe some preacher got a tad too zealous on Sunday" Thinking of his " frog-strangler," Lucy said, "In Montana, we'd call this a gullywasher." " Gullywasher. I like that." She could hear him, up there on the island in Thomas Jefferson's ...
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