Saint Monday
Saint Monday proper noun: the supposed holiday observed on a Monday morning by well-paid artisans who had been drinking etc the previous day.
Proper noun
Saint Monday
- The supposed holiday observed on a Monday morning by well-paid artisans who had been drinking etc the previous day.
- My constant attendance (I never making a St. Monday) recommended me to the master; and my uncommon quickness at composing occasioned my being put upon all work of dispatch, which was generally better paid.1771–1790, Benjamin Franklin, “The Autobiography [Part 1]”, in John Bigelow, editor, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co., published 1868...
- One study of Birmingham, England, from 1766 to 1876, found that well into the nineteenth century, workers continued to celebrate Saint Monday—a weekly day of leisure spent in the alehouse enjoying drink, bar games, entertainments, “pugilism,” and animal fights.1988, Shoshana Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine, New York: Basic Books, page 32
Forms of Saint Monday
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Words formed from Saint Monday
- keep Saint Monday
Questions about Saint Monday
- What does Saint Monday mean?
- Saint Monday means the supposed holiday observed on a Monday morning by well-paid artisans who had been drinking etc the previous day.
- What part of speech is Saint Monday?
- Saint Monday is a proper noun.
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