Saint Luke's summer

British

noun

a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn

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Etymology

Origin of Saint Luke's summer

referring to St Luke's feast-day, Oct 7 in the pre-Gregorian calendar (now Oct 18)

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Saint Luke's summer was glorious that year, and it was nowhere more wonderful than in the forest.

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