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ˈfair-weather, a.
1. Fit or suitable only for calm or fair weather.
1810Naval Chron. XXIV. 69 These fair-weather birds would never put to sea. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 650 The first gale would send the whole of this fairweather armament to the bottom of the Channel. 1883Manch. Exam. 26 Nov. 5/3 They are all fair-weather craft.
2. fig.
1736Pope's Lett. 1 Oct. 1730 My Fair-weather friends of the summer are going away for London. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. iii, That there fair weather Jack (pointing to the young squire). 1828E. Irving Last Days 287 What a fair-weather service there is of God! 1873R. Broughton Nancy II. 10 Am I to be only a fair⁓weather wife to you? |