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Definition of Chubascos
1. chubasco [n] - See also: chubasco
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chubascos
Literary usage of Chubascos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cruise of the Tomas Barrera: The Narrative of a Scientific Expedition to by J B (John Brooks) Henderson (1916)
"These chubascos within the northeast trade belt are very prevalent at this ...
The origin of these chubascos is certainly quite the same as that of our own ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... during which period this section is •visited by destructive thunderstorms or
chubascos. From February 18 until March Ila little collecting was done on ..."
3. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (1829)
"September, calms that precede gales (chubascos) of south windj great heat; thirteen
days of rain. October, violent showers, and a sky that announced the ..."
4. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1891)
"They are always brought by the vendavales, or southern winds, and are at times
accompanied by storms, and even by chubascos, or cyclones. ..."
5. The Flowing Road: Adventuring on the Great Rivers of South America by Caspar Whitney (1912)
"... a canoe as in any one of several chubascos which fell upon us with a swiftness
unbelievable. Even in its normal condition the river at this part was too ..."
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