In India, 'cold weather' is merely a conventional phrase and has come …

Mark Twain
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In India, 'cold weather' is merely a conventional phrase and has come into use through the necessity of having some way to distinguish between weather which will melt a brass door-knob and weather which will only make it mushy. ✨ Mark Twain (2008). Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World: Easyread Edition, p.165, ReadHowYouWant.com
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