storm signal
noun
a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
Origin of storm signal
1First recorded in 1860–65
Words Nearby storm signal
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How to use storm signal in a sentence
One man has a rheumatic joint which, when the wind is northeast, lifts the storm signal.
Around The Tea-Table | T. De Witt TalmageThis fact is a storm signal whose significance we should sacredly heed.
When you start anything with me in short-hand it's bound to turn out a storm signal.'
Sixes and Sevens | O. HenryThe small ragged vein on Anthony's forehead was the storm signal for the family.
A Poor Wise Man | Mary Roberts RinehartSnow was now beginning to fall in large flakes; a storm signal, and one they liked little.
The Trail of a Sourdough | May Kellogg Sullivan
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