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daysworth

daysworth noun: the amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one day.

Noun

daysworth (uncountable)

  1. The amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one day.
    • [...] they will have topped off their aging auto's fuel tank and laid in a few daysworth of standby provisions and spare cash. Just In Case.2002, John Barth, Coming Soon!!!: A Narrative, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 333
    • Spiers gives us the whole daysworth of exercise in one whack, a solid hour, and by the end of it I'm ready for my solitary, where I'll have to lie down a bit, exhausted, and wonder at the perplexing frenetic nature of life out there [...]2004, Harold Strachan, Make a Skyf, Man!, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 141

Origin of daysworth

From day + -s- + -worth.

Questions about daysworth

What does daysworth mean?
Daysworth means the amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one day.
What part of speech is daysworth?
Daysworth is a noun.

Words near daysworth in the dictionary

  1. Dayson
  2. dayspring
  3. daysprings
  4. daystar
  5. daystars
  6. daysworth
  7. daytale
  8. daytaler
  9. daytalers
  10. daytime
  11. daytime drama

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