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Monday
Monday the day of the week before Tuesday and following Sunday. Recorded from Old English (in form Mōnandæg), the name originally meant ‘day of the moon’, a translation of late Latin lunae dies.
Monday club a right-wing political club, formed in 1961, that originally held its meetings on Mondays. Monday morning quarterback in North America, a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event, an armchair critic. Saint Monday used with reference to the practice among workmen of being idle on Monday, as a consequence of drunkenness on the Sunday, chiefly in the phrase to keep Saint Monday. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Monday." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Monday." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Monday.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Monday." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Monday.html |
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Mon·day / ˈməndā/ • n. the day of the week before Tuesday and following Sunday: I saw him on Monday the Monday before last | [as adj.] Monday morning. • adv. on Monday: I'll call you Monday. ∎ (Mondays) on Mondays; each Monday: the restaurant is closed Mondays. |
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"Monday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Monday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-monday.html "Monday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-monday.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "Monday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "Monday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Monday.html T. F. HOAD. "Monday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Monday.html |
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Monday see week . |
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"Monday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Monday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Monday.html "Monday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Monday.html |
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Monday •Allende, duende
•Wednesday
•heyday, mayday, payday
•bidet • weekday • Halliday • holiday
•Friday • Hobday • washday • Corday
•magna cum laude, summa cum laude
•Daudet, démodé
•noonday • Tuesday
•Domesday, doomsday
•Yaoundé • someday
•Monday, sundae, Sunday
•Muscadet • workaday • faraday
•Saturday • yesterday • workday
•birthday • Thursday
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"Monday." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Monday." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Monday.html "Monday." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Monday.html |
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