blow tomahawks

English

Verb

blow tomahawks (third-person singular simple present blows tomahawks, present participle blowing tomahawks, simple past blew tomahawks, past participle blown tomahawks)

  1. (dated) Of the wind: to blow with great violence.
    • 1883, Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, My Reminiscences, volume 2, page 199:
      The weather is of the most boisterous description; it blows tomahawks and tornadoes; at present the idea of a sea voyage is not inviting.
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