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raise the wind
vb. (context dated informal English) To procure ready money by some temporary expedient.
Usage examples of "raise the wind".
My master, who always looked out for a rainy day, had collected these rings as a sort of stand-by, to 'raise the wind' when required.
As it was, our bonnets were so unbecoming, and the mills were so occupied in trying to raise the wind, that I never had even a flirtation with anybody.
Whatever some people may think, I am very certain it is in the power of witches to raise the wind whenever they please.