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New Comic Book Day

New Comic Book Day proper noun: the day of the week on which new comic books go on sale (conventionally Wednesday).

Proper noun

New Comic Book Day

  1. (slang) The day of the week on which new comic books go on sale (conventionally Wednesday).
    • There are a couple of days in the week that are generally bad for a comic book store to serve its library clientele, with Wednesdays in particular being new comic book day (sometimes Thursday when Monday is a holiday).2004, Allyson A. W. Lyga, Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide
    • Diamond Comics Distributors is considering moving new comic book day from Wednesday to Tuesday.2010 April 19, Laura Hudson, “Is New Comic Book Day Moving to Tuesday?”, in ComicsAlliance

Forms of New Comic Book Day

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Questions about New Comic Book Day

What does New Comic Book Day mean?
New Comic Book Day means the day of the week on which new comic books go on sale (conventionally Wednesday).
What part of speech is New Comic Book Day?
New Comic Book Day is a proper noun.

Words near New Comic Book Day in the dictionary

  1. new cocoyam
  2. new cocoyams
  3. New Cold War
  4. new comer
  5. new comers
  6. New Comic Book Day
  7. New Commandment
  8. New Commonwealth
  9. New Connecticut
  10. New Consolacion
  11. New Cordell

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