contester

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They were "northwesters;" men seasoned to hardships, who cared for neither wind nor weather.

From Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington

Through autumn rains, and winter frosts and snows, and fierce northwesters, the poorly-built meeting-house stood unheated, growing more damp, more icy, more deadly, with each succeeding week.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

Ah, it makes one shiver even to think of those gloomy churches, growing colder, and more congealed through weeks of heavy frost and fierce northwesters until they bore the chill of death itself.

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Earle, Alice Morse

The unbroken stretch of prairie to the north and west of Otranto gave those old "northwesters" a splendid sweep before they struck our frail little homes.

From Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History by Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder