"rafter snapper" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Originates from the state of Maine, in which the planks and woodbeams of a residential dwelling produce \"snapping\" sounds during very cold nights.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "American English",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001 April 18, Ben Goodridge, “Earth Year”, in alt.horror.werewolves (Usenet):",
          "text": "When the rafter-snapper roared through here in March, there wasn't so much as a wet basement.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Tim Sample, Answers to Questions Nobody Was Askin' And Other Revelations, page 65:",
          "text": "When I was a kid the old timers called long, sub-zero nights \"rafter snappers,\" a phrase I never understood until I moved inland to a little cabin surrounded by acres of tall trees.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Rick Hautala, Winter Wake:",
          "text": "\"'S what the old-timers call a real 'rafter snapper'\", Frank said. He was sitting in his wheelchair by the kitchen table, making conversation with Bri while she worked. \"Jus' listen to that wind.\"",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very cold night."
      ],
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          "night",
          "night"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Maine, rare) A very cold night."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "three-dog night"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Maine",
        "US",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rafter snapper"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Originates from the state of Maine, in which the planks and woodbeams of a residential dwelling produce \"snapping\" sounds during very cold nights.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "three-dog night"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "Maine English",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001 April 18, Ben Goodridge, “Earth Year”, in alt.horror.werewolves (Usenet):",
          "text": "When the rafter-snapper roared through here in March, there wasn't so much as a wet basement.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Tim Sample, Answers to Questions Nobody Was Askin' And Other Revelations, page 65:",
          "text": "When I was a kid the old timers called long, sub-zero nights \"rafter snappers,\" a phrase I never understood until I moved inland to a little cabin surrounded by acres of tall trees.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Rick Hautala, Winter Wake:",
          "text": "\"'S what the old-timers call a real 'rafter snapper'\", Frank said. He was sitting in his wheelchair by the kitchen table, making conversation with Bri while she worked. \"Jus' listen to that wind.\"",
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        }
      ],
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        "A very cold night."
      ],
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          "night",
          "night"
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        "(US, Maine, rare) A very cold night."
      ],
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        "Maine",
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  "word": "rafter snapper"
}