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day's age

day's age noun: the number of hours that have passed since the beginning of the day; the current time.

Noun

day's age

  1. (dated, obsolete, rare) The number of hours that have passed since the beginning of the day; the current time.
    • which phænomenon denotes full moon a little short of the fifteenth day's age;1810, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Volume 9, page 6
    • Origen's parvuli were those of only one day's age, and on to two or three years.1871, Lanceford Bramblet Wilkes, Jacob Ditzler, The Louisville Debate, A Discussion of the Question, what is Christian Baptism, Including Its Proper Subjects and Design, page 176

Questions about day's age

What does day's age mean?
Day's age means the number of hours that have passed since the beginning of the day; the current time.
What part of speech is day's age?
Day's age is a noun.

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