a lean patch

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A period of failure, decline, or poor performance or results. Almost every new business experiences a lean patch at some point or another.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bernarda	-	Slovene, Croatian, Spanish
Costel	ko-STEL	Romanian
Hilton	['hiltən]
Hero (1)	HEER-o (English)	Greek Mythology
Oz (1)	AHZ	English
Tshering	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese