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Discover LudwigThe phrase "summer cold" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to illnesses that occur in the warm months of the year that are not as severe as a cold during colder months. For example, "I caught a summer cold last week, so I'm taking it easy today."
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City Comfort was evaluated in field studies conducted in a dense urban courtyard (mean sky view factor of 0.4) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA under winter, spring, and summer (cold, warm, and hot) weather conditions.
Pretending to be sick is a bit trickier than in winter, but a summer cold isn't unheard of (and after all, the young children of those relatives you've got visiting are a walking pestilence), and as long as you play that card with relative infrequency — I'd advise only once every other summer — you can buy yourself a tidy bit of time.
By C. K. Williams The New Yorker, August 9 , 1976P. 26 A summer cold.
The New Yorker, August 9 , 1976P. 26 A summer cold.
He sold "The Man With the Golden Arm" to Otto Preminger but hated the 1955 movie, reportedly grumbling that "Sinatra shook heroin like he shook a summer cold".
A summer cold.
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At some point in late summer, cold arithmetical reality would displace warm optimism.
Then this summer, cold case investigators with the Austin police again started asking questions about their mother's death.
November 12th — Cold.
October 21st: Cold but sunny day.
By Drew Dernavich January 20 , 2009Cold?
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