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 ● Aug. 10, 2024
According to The Associated Press, the Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told The Gainesville Sun that a cassowary killed the man Friday on land near Gainesville, likely using its exceedingly long claws.
From Fox News ● Apr. 13, 2019
In his decade at the center of Trump’s inner circle, Cohen styled himself as the tycoon’s pugnacious man Friday, an indefatigable loyalist who aped his boss’s husky-voiced bluster.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2019
Police say they arrested the 30-year-old man Friday.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2017
I've been your man Friday when you wanted to be Robinson Crusoe, and played B'r Fox to your B'r Rabbit.
From The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
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