Dog-days

  • 31Dog Days (opera) — Dog Days is an opera by David T. Little, to a libretto by Royce Vavrek after the short story by Judy Budnitz.[1] Scenes from Dog Days premiered at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on May 9, 2009 as part of the Dawn Upshaw and Osvaldo Golijov Young… …

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  • 32Dog Days (disambiguation) — The Dog Days is a name for the hottest and most humid time of the year in North America. Dog Days may also refer to: Contents 1 Litature 2 Film and television 3 …

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  • 33Dog Days (The King of Queens) — Infobox Television episode Title = Dog Days Series = The King of Queens Season = 1 Episode = 14 Writer = David Litt Director = Rob Schiller Production = 114 Airdate = January 18, 1999 Episode list = List of The King of Queens episodes Prev = Best …

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  • 34Dog Days (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Dog Days Type = Album Artist = Atlanta Rhythm Section Released = 1975 Recorded = 1975, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia Genre = Southern rock Length = 36:44 Label = Polydor Producer = Bobby Buie Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 …

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  • 35dog days of summer — the hottest days of summer, midsummer    We like to watch baseball during the dog days of summer …

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  • 36dog days — Meaning Very hot days. Origin The ancient Romans noticed that the hottest days of the year, i.e. in late July and early August, co incided with the Dog Star (aka Sirius, aka The Great Dog) being in the same part of the sky as the Sun. They… …

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  • 37dog days — noun a) The days between early July and early September when Sirius (the Dog Star) rises and sets with the Sun. b) hot, lazy, days …

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  • 38DOG-DAYS —    20 days before and 20 after the rising of the dog star Sirius, at present from 3rd July to 11th August …

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  • 39dog days — /ˈdɒg deɪz/ (say dog dayz) plural noun 1. a sultry part of the summer. 2. (singular) a particularly hot day. {translation of Latin diēs caniculārēs; so called from their association in the Northern Hemisphere with the time of the heliacal rising… …

  • 40dog days — noun plural Etymology: from their being reckoned from the heliacal rising of the Dog Star (Sirius) Date: 1538 1. the period between early July and early September when the hot sultry weather of summer usually occurs in the northern hemisphere 2.… …

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