summertime

[ suhm-er-tahym ]

/ ˈsʌm ərˌtaɪm /

the summer season.

Origin of summertime

First recorded in 1350–1400, summertime is from the Middle English word somertime. See summer¹, time

The summertime staple is also a good source of potassium, vitamin A and vitamin C. 2.

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This is whimsical and smart storytelling, perfect for summertime or any time.

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Watch as the award winning performer belts out an operatic rendition of the classic “Summertime.”

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Indeed, this north shore seemed to all the party rather bleak even in summertime, and the quality of the sunshine thin.

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In the Alps the upper slopes and summits stand in eternal desolation, without life even in summertime.

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Early in the afternoon the cows must be again milked, and the cans of milk must in summertime be set in spring water for cooling.

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Scouts from “up ter camp” were familiar sights at Catskill, and they overran the village in the summertime.

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When summertime is come, I have thinks I will put them in the brook with some more to make the brook have more wideness.

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summertime

/ (ˈsʌməˌtaɪm) /

the period or season of summer

“Summertime”

One of the best-known songs of George Gershwin; it comes from the opera Porgy and Bess and begins, “Summertime, and the living is easy....”