wintertide

Definitions

wintertime

archaic, literary

Equivalents

Examples

“Shut⟳ out the flower-time, / Sunbeam and shower-time; / Make⟳ way for our time, / The winter-tide.”

“O winter tide, O winter tide, / Thy coming brings us sadness; / Afar are those we hold⟳ most dear, / Here men are strange, and skies are drear; […]”

“Thaw follows frost; hard on the heel of spring⟳ / Treads summer sure to die⟳, for hard on hers / Comes autumn with his apples scattering; / Then back to wintertide, when nothing stirs.”

“[…] Figure⟳ Skating was actually the very first winter sport included at the summer Olympic games in London 1908. Its wintertide equivalence was eventually introduced in 1924.”

“So, grab⟳ yourself a spot of tea or a boozy hot chocolate, and celebrate⟳ the beginning of winter with these wintertide-inspired quotes.”

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