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Ropeyarn Sunday

Ropeyarn Sunday is the alternative form of Rope Yarn Sunday.

Meaning of Rope Yarn Sunday

Noun

Rope Yarn Sunday (plural Rope Yarn Sundays)

  1. (historical) A period, traditionally a Wednesday afternoon, set aside for the repair of uniforms, hammocks, etc. instead of normal duties.
  2. In modern times, a period of free time for the crew.

Forms of Ropeyarn Sunday

pluralRopeyarn Sundays

Questions about Ropeyarn Sunday

What is Ropeyarn Sunday the alternative form of?
Ropeyarn Sunday is the alternative form of Rope Yarn Sunday.

Words near Ropeyarn Sunday in the dictionary

  1. ropeworker
  2. ropeworkers
  3. ropeworks
  4. ropey
  5. ropeyarn
  6. Ropeyarn Sunday
  7. ropeyarns
  8. ropier
  9. ropiest
  10. ropily
  11. ropiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ropeyarn Sunday (page history and authors); Rope Yarn Sunday (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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