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[DOLE-drahmz, DOAL-drahmz] 
noun
1. (a) a state of inactivity or stagnation, especially in art or business
(b) a period of depressed mood, listlessness or low spirits: "My father's obsession with bass fishing started out as little more than side activity to keep the doldrums of post retirement away."
2. (a) a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific, close to the equator
(b) the weather conditions prevailing in this area
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"Richard Nixon . . . proved there is no political wrongdoing so scandalous that it cannot be expiated by years of useful service; no humiliation so painful that it cannot be overcome by decades of selfless sagacity; no personal doldrums so deep that they cannot be dispersed by a gutsy engagement with life."
William Safire (born 1929). American journalist and political analyst. Speechwriter for President Nixon from 1969 to 1973. New York Times, 4/25/1994
"A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away."
Phyllis Mcginley (1905-1978). American poet and lyricist. | |
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