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fair-weath⋅er

[fair-weth-er]
–adjective
1. used in or intended for fair weather only.
2. weakening or failing in time of trouble: His fair-weather friends left him when he lost his money.

Origin:
1730–40

Fair⋅weath⋅er

[fair-weth-er]
–noun
Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 15,292 ft. (4660 m).
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Fair·weath·er   (fâr'wěth'ər)   
A peak, 4,666.5 m (15,300 ft) high, on the border between southeast Alaska and western British Columbia, Canada.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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fair-weather

  1. mod.
    temporary; insincere. (From fair-weather sailor.) : I need something more than a fair-weather friend to help me through all this.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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