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Saint Martin's summer
noun
- mild, warm weather similar to Indian summer, occurring in November.
Saint Martin's summer
noun
- a period of unusually warm weather in the late autumn, esp early November
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Saint Martin's summer1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Saint Martin's summer1
Example Sentences
Saint Martin's Summer is the traditional British phrase for warm weather well into autumn.
They were then in Saint Martin's summer, the time of sowing, and the labourer divided the broken-up earth into three parts.
And if he did not look to the future that sweet December night of Saint Martin's summer by the placid Tennessee River, perhaps it was as well,—oh, poor Captain Demer�!
The Saint Martin’s summer lasted to the beginning of December, and then it came to an end, and with it the idyll of Aristide and Anne Honeywood.
A few rough rainy days stripped the trees of their foliage; and although the sun shone out again and made lovely weather, Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, it was plain to all the senses that the autumn was drawing to a close.
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