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Webster 1913 Edition
Fair-weather
Fair′-weathˊer
,Adj.
1.
Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice;
as, a
. fair-weather
voyagePope.
2.
Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous;
as, a
. fair-weather
friendFair-weather sailor
, a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; – the nautical equivalent of
carpet knight
.