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n. - A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.

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  • It was a "fohn," that violent storm-wind which rushes from the mountain to the valley beneath, and in its fury snaps asunder the trunks of large trees as if they were...
  • F is for fohn, but not like when I call the ladies.
  • The warmest area is the east coast where dry fohn winds regularly bring summer temperatures of more than 20°C.
  • The setting for Green for Danger was clearly defined on the cover of the first edition dustjacket (fohn Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1945).
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