dry spell

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noun
  1. a prolonged period of dry weather.

  2. a period of little or no productivity or activity, low income, etc.

Origin of dry spell

1
First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use dry spell in a sentence

  • Don't begin to water your plants in your garden in a dry season unless you can keep on doing so as long as the dry spell lasts.

    ABC of Gardening | Eben Eugene Rexford
  • It looks as if it has set in for a long dry spell; the country 'll be so we kin git around in it without trouble.