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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 386 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DOLDRUMS (a
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slang
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term,
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dol = dull; cf. tantrum)  , the region of calms near the
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equator where the
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trade-winds
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die away, a region of
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constant precipitation in which the
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weather is
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close, hot, vaporous and extremely dispiriting . In the old days of sailing vessels; a becalmed
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ship sometimes
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lay helpless for
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weeks . A
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letter from this region saying " we are in the
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doldrums (" in the dumps ") seems to have been regarded as written from " The Doldrums," which thus became the name of this undesirable locality .

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