man Friday
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of man Friday
1885–90; after Friday, the devoted servant in Robinson Crusoe
Example Sentences
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Police did not identify the man Friday night, saying they had yet to notify his next of kin.
From Los Angeles Times
A Dutch court banned a man Friday from donating any more of his sperm after his donations led to the siring of 550 to 600 children.
From Washington Times
The Metropolitan Police arrested a man Friday night during the viewing for a suspected public order offense.
From Washington Times
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police in Ohio’s capital shot and wounded a man Friday who was firing at vehicles on a busy stretch of Interstate 71.
From Washington Times
A D.C. police officer fatally shot a man Friday night after authorities said the man pointed a gun at a woman and at another officer investigating a domestic dispute in an apartment in Southwest Washington.
From Washington Post
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