CUCUMBER TIME

Domain	Definition
Literature	Cucumber Time The dull season in the tailoring trade. The Germans call it Die saure Gurken Zeit (pickled gherkin time). Hence the expression Tailors are vegetarians, because they live on "cucumber" when without work, and on "cabbage" when in full employ. (Notes and Queries.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Anagrams: CUCUMBER TIME

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-c-e-e-i-m-m-r-t-u-u"
	-4 letters: cucumber, cucurbit.
	-5 letters: becrime, crumbum, crummie, embrute, eucrite, imbrute, terbium, terebic.
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