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dry season

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Noun1.dry seasondry season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates
time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
rainy season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates


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It was on a sultry day of the dry season that he and one of his cousins had gone down to the bank to drink.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Directly I appeared Dona Rita, away there on the couch, passed the tips of her fingers over her eyes and holding her hands up palms outwards on each side of her head, shouted to me down the whole length of the room: "The dry season has set in.
The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context
But it was not till the fourth year that I could allow myself the least grain of this corn to eat, and even then but sparingly, as I shall say afterwards, in its order; for I lost all that I sowed the first season by not observing the proper time; for I sowed it just before the dry season, so that it never came up at all, at least not as it would have done; of which in its place.
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