duck-drownder

noun

duck-drownder

noun
1

Southern US, Especially A very heavy rain.

  • The "duck drownder" flood along the Mississippi and the tributaries […].1971, Guy Harold Smith with Robert M. Basile, Conservation of natural resources:
  • “We got to move out of here, ahora. Someone from Chisum's bound to ride over this way, lookin’ for you—but you can't wait ‘em out in another duck-drownder."1980, Garwood, W. R., Kill him, again:

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