Usually means: Period without rain or success.
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  1. dry spell: Merriam-Webster
  2. dry spell: Wiktionary
  3. dry spell: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. dry spell: Dictionary.com
  5. Dry Spell: A to Z list of the most popular idioms

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  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dry spell: Encyclopedia

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  1. dry spell: Idioms

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dry spell)

noun:  A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought.
noun:  (figurative) A period or time where there is little activity, productivity, low income etc.
noun:  (figurative) A period of time without sexual intercourse.

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