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all-day

[awl-dey]

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adjective

taking up, extending through, lasting for, or occurring continually during a day, especially the hours of daylight; daylong: an all-day tour of the city; an all-day lollipop.

Compare all-night.

Origin of all-day

First recorded in 1865–70

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for all-day

Contemporary Examples of all-day

The Simpsons is really experiencing this pop culture moment of late, with the all-day FXX marathon.
Harry Shearer on Being Nixon, ‘The Simpsons Movie’ Sequel, and Why Obama Should Return His Nobel
Marlow Stern
October 21, 2014
Sweet Basil, which has been around since 1977, serves amazingly fresh lunch and dinners, and has all-day bar hours.
Vail, Colorado: Skier's Paradise
Jolie Hunt
January 15, 2011
Today's all-day conference taking a "second look" shows the power of the right in even getting such a question on the table.
Was the New Deal a Bust?
Jeff Madrick
March 30, 2009

Historical Examples of all-day

It's an all-day process of the stronger annihilating the weaker.
Her Father's Daughter
Gene Stratton-Porter
An all-day meeting is to be held there, and I am to preach in the morning.
The Kentucky Ranger
Edward T. Curnick
It promised to be an all-day job, and a clumsy one at the best.
The Huntress
Hulbert Footner
The making of apple butter is an all-day affair and has the air of a holiday to it.
Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking
Unknown
One afternoon Stuart and Conscience went for an all-day sail.
The Tyranny of Weakness
Charles Neville Buck