blow tomahawks

verb

Of the wind, to blow with great violence.

Meanings

verbblow tomahawks (third-person singular simple present blows tomahawks, present participle blowing tomahawks, simple past blew tomahawks, past participle blown tomahawks)

present singular third person blows tomahawks · participle present blowing tomahawks · past blew tomahawks · participle past blown tomahawks

  1. datedidiomaticOf the wind, to blow with great violence.

    The weather is of the most boisterous description; it blows tomahawks and tornadoes; at present the idea of a sea voyage is not inviting.

    1883, Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, My Reminiscences, volume 2, page 199
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