dry spell

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1. A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought.

2. 1996, M.G. Vassangi, The Book Of Secrets: A Novel, page 74:

The rains, it seemed, were over, and a dry spell was upon them (..)

3. 2003, Denise Gess, William Lutz, Firestorm at Peshtigo, page 42:

The only place unaffected by the persistent dry spell was the city of Milwaukee (..)

4. A period or time where there is little activity, productivity, low income etc.

5. 1970, Gabriel H. L. Jacobs, When children think: using journals to encourage creative thinking, page 31:

The first type is of course the dry spell when you can't think of any ideas. The second type is when kids just have a dry spell in writing.

6. A period of time without sexual intercourse.

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