day of days
day of days noun: a particularly noteworthy day; the day on which a milestone or especially memorable event occurs.
Noun (1)
day of days (plural days of days)
- A particularly noteworthy day; the day on which a milestone or especially memorable event occurs.
- "It is a day of days," she said, as I approached; "a day of all days either to live or die. . . . I am dying, yet shall I live."1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Morella
- At last came the day of days, my release.1907, Jack London, The Pen: Long Days in a County Penitentiary
- Synonyms:
- red-letter day
- Sunday, especially Easter Sunday.
- The residents skirting the line of the Harlem Railroad as far as Croton Falls, were not a little annoyed, last Sunday, by numerous cheap excursion trains. . . . [W]e doubt whether the law gave being to a great corporation for the purpose of tempting men from their homes on the Day of days.1863 June 7, “To the Editor: Sunday Railway Excursions”, in New York Times, retrieved 09 Jul 2015
- To be sure, Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Christ every Sunday, but there is a special place for the celebration we call Easter. It should be approached as the Day of Days.2009, Charles G. Fuller, Give Him Time, →ISBN, page 107
Noun (2) capitalized: Day of Days
Day of Days (uncountable)
- Alternative form of day of days.
Examples of day of days in a sentence
- It was a day of days for California railbirds.1940 March 11, “Sport: Four Hundred Grand”, in Time, retrieved 09 Jul 2015:
- But this day of days is heading toward a multimillion-dollar extreme makeover.2012 September 8, George Vecsey, “Tennis: Rain and Rest Days Spell the End of Super Saturday”, in New York Times, retrieved 09 Jul 2015:
Synonyms of day of days
Forms of day of days
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Questions about day of days
- What does day of days mean?
- Day of days means a particularly noteworthy day; the day on which a milestone or especially memorable event occurs.
- How do you use day of days in a sentence?
- It was a day of days for California railbirds.
- What part of speech is day of days?
- Day of days is a noun.
- What is the plural of day of days?
- The plural of day of days is days of days.
Words near day of days in the dictionary
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