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rancher's friend West 
a warm, usually dry, west or southwest wind, commonest during winter and spring, that moderates the weather in the region east of the Rockies, including much of the western prairies on occasion, but regularly in the foothills from the Peace River to Colorado.
See also: Chinook wind
- 1899 The ice on the rink was nearly in shape, but on Monday one of the "rancher's friends"--a chinook--struck the Banana Belt and has spoiled hockey prospects for the present.
- 1899 The ice on the rink was nearly in shape, but on Monday one of the "rancher's friends"--a chinook--struck the Banana Belt and has spoiled hockey prospects for the present.