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scambling day

scambling day noun: one of the days during Lent when meat was scarce.

Noun

scambling day (plural scambling days)

  1. (obsolete) One of the days during Lent when meat was scarce.
    • "You will get no dinner to-day, Roger," said she cheerfully, "for this is scambling day, and nothing will be dressed. Don't you see the kitchen fire is not lighted?"1863, William Meynell Whittemore, Sunshine, page 2

Forms of scambling day

pluralscambling days

Words that rhyme with scambling day

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Questions about scambling day

What does scambling day mean?
Scambling day means one of the days during Lent when meat was scarce.
What part of speech is scambling day?
Scambling day is a noun.
What is the plural of scambling day?
The plural of scambling day is scambling days.

Words near scambling day in the dictionary

  1. scambler
  2. scamblers
  3. scambles
  4. Scamblesby
  5. scambling
  6. scambling day
  7. scambling days
  8. scamblingly
  9. scamblings
  10. scambot
  11. scambots

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