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derecho
 n.— «If genuine tornadoes were not developed there were violent squalls or the peculiar storm styled by Prof. Hinrichs the “derecho,” or straight-blow.» —“Predictions of Tornadoes” Chicago Daily Tribune Mar. 30, 1890. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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