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autumn

/ˈɔtəm/ noun A1
  1. Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of September, October, and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere. (countable, uncountable) · autumn leaves
  2. The time period when someone or something is past its prime. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing. (countable, uncountable)

Plural autumns

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Were gathered in autumn by nursie and me
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 16 · C1
## VI AUTUMN FIRES
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 22 · C1
From the autumn bonfires
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 22 · C1
She learned her lessons at home, did her chores, and played with Diana in the chilly purple autumn twilights; but when she met Gilbert Blythe on the road or encountered him in Sunday-school she passed him by with an icy contempt that was no whit thawed by his evident desire to appease her.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 123 · C1

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