Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Canicula.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Canicula.

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  • noun the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity

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Examples

  • Motor cartage are so affordable these canicule that best auto owners barter their cartage every two or maybe three years.

    Auto Parts, The Pros and Cons 2008

  • These canicule there is actual little which is not awash online and one is abiding to acquisition a cardinal of websites which specialize in the auction of bargain genitalia for automobiles and motorcycles.

    Auto anatomy genitalia 2008

  • These canicule there is actual little which is not awash online and one is abiding to acquisition a cardinal of websites which specialize in the auction of bargain genitalia for automobiles and motorcycles.

    Buy Auto Parts Online 2008

  • I used to have problems with a crazy old neighbour which hobbies where to watch old american movies from the 60s in French version (horrible voices, awful music) between 1:30 and 4 am, during hot (“canicule” time) summer nights.

    tapage nocturne 2007

  • My not-so-fond memories of the 2003 canicule involve a scantily clad, half-crazed-with-cabin-fever petite sitting in semi-darkness, shutters firmly closed, windows only opened between the hours of 4 am and 9 am, engaged in one of two activities: DVD watching, or breastfeeding.

    torrid 2005

  • My not-so-fond memories of the 2003 canicule involve a scantily clad, half-crazed-with-cabin-fever petite sitting in semi-darkness, shutters firmly closed, windows only opened between the hours of 4 am and 9 am, engaged in one of two activities: DVD watching, or breastfeeding.

    part-time mummy 2005

  • I remember watching "Le Mystere de la Chambre Jaune" during la canicule 2003 and thinking it was brilliant.

    Fête du Cinémaah-ha-hot 2005

  • In 2003, the collapse of the French national health service in the middle of a ferocious canicule led to the deaths of 15,000 people in three weeks.

    Articles on National Review Online 2010

  • I wasn't in France at the height of that public-service failure, but I did experience the canicule of 1976, which was awful enough.

    feeling listless feelinglistless 2010

  • The motion, submitted to the TUC by the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists acicular out that "around two actor canicule a year are absent through affection as a aftereffect of lower limb disorders" and that "many administration in the retail area force women workers to abrasion top heels as allotment of their dress code".

    Labour of Love 2010

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