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cold snap

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cold snap
Noun
a short period of cold and frosty weather
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Noun1.cold snap - a spell of cold weather
cold spell
while, spell, patch, piece - a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"


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The recent cold snap may have cracked the 2 7/8-inch wastewater pipeline, part of hundreds of miles of pipe that snakes through the forest near the bird sanctuary and the Sespe Wilderness in north Ventura County.
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