Lady Day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Lady Day
1250–1300; Middle English oure lady day
Example Sentences
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Writer Suzan-Lori Parks and director Lee Daniels present Lady Day as an early civil rights activist in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” starring Andra Day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2021
Now it’s time for Andra Day - a singer and actress perfectly named to play Lady Day - and she shines.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
In the end, like so many others, he fails to solve the mystery of Lady Day.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2015
Both are self-applied to correspond to her career as a singer of the music of Holiday, whose nickname was Lady Day.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2011
Finally Beetle came and they sat and ate their cheese together, to celebrate Lady Day.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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