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a year and a day

a year and a day noun: the period defined as the legal limit of time for an act or event, to ensure a full year by any method of reckoning.

Noun

a year and a day

  1. The period defined as the legal limit of time for an act or event, to ensure a full year by any method of reckoning.
  2. (idiomatic) A long time.

Synonyms of a year and a day

Questions about a year and a day

What does a year and a day mean?
A year and a day means the period defined as the legal limit of time for an act or event, to ensure a full year by any method of reckoning.
What part of speech is a year and a day?
A year and a day is a noun.

Words near a year and a day in the dictionary

  1. a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
  2. a woman's work is never done
  3. a world of
  4. a worry shared is a worry halved
  5. a yard of pump water
  6. a year and a day
  7. A"H
  8. A&A
  9. A&B
  10. A&E
  11. A&M

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