"black blizzard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black blizzards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black blizzard (plural black blizzards)
  1. A dust storm that kicks up large amounts of black soil, and blacks out the sun, typically one in the dustbowl region and time period (the central United States in the 1930s).
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