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duvet day

duvet day noun: a day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's school or employer, when one is feeling stressed or fragile.

Noun

duvet day (plural duvet days)

  1. A day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's school or employer, when one is feeling stressed or fragile.
    • To staff at Text 100Italic, a PR company, there is a third option. They can take a "duvet day". Each employee is allowed two days a year when they can play hookey with their employer's blessing.1966, Financial Times
    • The news server at Demon has decided to have a duvet day today.2001 March, uk.local.london (Usenet)

Forms of duvet day

pluralduvet days

Questions about duvet day

What does duvet day mean?
Duvet day means a day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's school or employer, when one is feeling stressed or fragile.
What part of speech is duvet day?
Duvet day is a noun.
What is the plural of duvet day?
The plural of duvet day is duvet days.

Words near duvet day in the dictionary

  1. Duverger's law
  2. Duvernay
  3. Duvernays
  4. Duverney
  5. duvet
  6. duvet day
  7. duvet days
  8. duvetine
  9. duvets
  10. duvetyn
  11. duvetyne

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