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(noun) - (1) A taylers' holiday, when they have leave to play, and cucumbers are in season. From cucumbers, taylers.
--B.E.'s Dictionary of the Canting Crew, 1699
(2) The dull session of the year; from the German phrase, "die saure gerkin-zeit," the pickled cucumber-time.
--Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922
(3) Cucumber season summer?.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1893
January 15, 2018