- dog days of summer
- hottest and longest days of the summer
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
dog days of summer
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dog days — noun (plural) literary the hottest days of the year: the dog days of summer … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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dog-days — dog days dog days A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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