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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dog′ days′, - Astronomy, Meteorology, Astronomythe sultry part of the summer, supposed to occur during the period that Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at the same time as the sun: now often reckoned from July 3 to August 11.
- a period marked by lethargy, inactivity, or indolence.
- 1530–40; translation of Latin diēs caniculārēs; see canicular
dog′-day′, adj.
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