cow dust time
n.— «It was late afternoon, “cow dust time,” when the cattle being driven home to the villages stir up eddies of dust along the roads.» —“Temple Caves of India Offer Spiritual Insight” by Beverly Shaver Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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