"fair weather" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fair weather (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of fair-weather. Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: fair-weather
    Sense id: en-fair_weather-en-adj-mkenTcIh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "Let's hear it for the bulls. Blond, baldish James H. Southard, a 36‐year‐old broker who manages $30‐million for his customers in Atlanta, had been basically bearish for about two years. Now he has on his fair weather gear, saying, “We're already in bull market phase No. 1.”",
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          "text": "He’s back home, helping his dad run a self-storage business, when his fair weather ex Susan (Lillian Solange Beaudoin) invites him to be part of an art fair.",
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