all-day
[awl-dey]
- 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.
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Compare all-night.
Origin of all-day
First recorded in 1865–70
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Examples from the Web for all-day
Contemporary Examples
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 NobelMarlow Stern
October 21, 2014
Sweet Basil, which has been around since 1977, serves amazingly fresh lunch and dinners, and has all-day bar hours.
Today's all-day conference taking a "second look" shows the power of the right in even getting such a question on the table.
Historical Examples
It's an all-day process of the stronger annihilating the weaker.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
An all-day meeting is to be held there, and I am to preach in the morning.
The Kentucky RangerEdward T. Curnick
It promised to be an all-day job, and a clumsy one at the best.
The HuntressHulbert Footner
The making of apple butter is an all-day affair and has the air of a holiday to it.
Pennsylvania Dutch CookingUnknown
One afternoon Stuart and Conscience went for an all-day sail.
The Tyranny of WeaknessCharles Neville Buck