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scorcher

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scorch·er  (skôrchr)
n.
1. One that scorches: an iron that was a scorcher.
2. Informal An extremely hot day.
scorcher
Noun
Informal a very hot day
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scorcher - an extremely hot day
hot weather - a period of unusually high temperatures
2.scorcher - a very hard hit ball
screamer
hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
Translations
Spanish scorcher [ˈskɔːtʃəʳ] n (col) (= hot day); día m abrasador
French scorcher [ˈskɔːtʃəʳ] n (inf) (= hot day); journée f torride
German scorcher [ˈskɔːtʃəʳ] scorch (inf) n → heißer Tag m
Italian scorcher [ˈskɔːtʃəʳ] n (col) (= hot day); giornata torrida
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I have said I like them, and I do like them--but every time they read me a scorcher of a lecture I mean to talk back in print.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Frenchmen and Englishmen, Gascon and Provencal, Brabanter, Tardvenu, Scorcher, Flayer, and Free Companion, wandered and struggled over the whole of this accursed district.
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