nut-cutting time

noun

The optimal time to gather nuts before they are seized by other animals or buried in snow.

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Meanings

nounnut-cutting time (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe optimal time to gather nuts before they are seized by other animals or buried in snow.

    The desire to follow traditions of hunting squirrel in Tennessee during mulberry season in June, and nut-cutting time in September, when squirrels concentrate, [...].

    1951, Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, volumes 26-27, page 20
  2. idiomaticuncountableTime to exert maximum effort, for example, due to an approaching deadline or a looming competitive situation.
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