gooseberry season

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gooseberry season (plural gooseberry seasons)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, British slang, journalism) A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories.

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References
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1893) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 3, page 183
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