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
Officers located the suspect, a 27-year-old man, Friday evening and booked him into the King County Jail, according to Seattle Police.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
The Metropolitan Police arrested a man Friday night during the viewing for a suspected public order offense.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2022
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
The things in common use are execrable: not a window that shuts close, not a door that fits; every thing clumsy, rough hewn, and as if made by Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday.
From Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 by Pinkney, Lt-Col.
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