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off season, off-season
A period when ordinary business or course of affairs is suspended or does not occur; a time of year other than the busiest or most popular time for a particular activity. Also attrib. or as adj.
1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxvi, She has to board two or three of her sisters in the off season. 1868Yates Rock Ahead iii. iii, In the off-season [they] went round to the different watering-places..giving a little musical entertainment. 1897[see high a. 4 a]. 1902Chambers's Jrnl. July 433/2 The collection was not one of those which bore an historic name..and the sale took place in the off-season. 1905A. Bennett Let. 5 Apr. (1966) I. 61, I have a great notion of books being issued in off-seasons. 1908Daily Chron. 21 Apr. 3/5 A great part of Miss Elwin's off-season work consists in meeting girls on their way to and from school. 1930B.B.C. Year-bk. 1931 25 During the summer period, normally regarded as an ‘off season’, the average number of new licences taken out each month..was in excess of 20,000. 1957L. F. R. Williams State of Israel 44 The coaches..are primarily intended for tourists, but..carry domestic traffic in the off-season. 1959[see budget n. 4]. 1971W. J. Burley Guilt Edged iii. 59 The newcomers..disturbed the off-season peace of the Treen Hotel. 1976Washington Post 19 Apr. D 1/6 With the series clinched, the Caps looked as though they were running their motors down for the offseason that begins when they fly off for a week's vacation in Hawaii. |