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strong cold 
in Indian parlance, the depth of winter; any very low temperature.
- 1953 [They] pulled their mackenaw jackets more tightly against . . . the strong cold, as the old men said. . . .
- 1956 . . . Old Napao wasn't keen about fine-fur trapping until the Strong Cold of January was past.
- 1953 [They] pulled their mackenaw jackets more tightly against . . . the strong cold, as the old men said. . . .