name the day
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Other people who are able to name the day of the week for any given date are also able to do it for dates outside of their lifetimes, and they tend to be autistic.
From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2017
At five, employing a formula of his own devising, he could instantly name the day of the week on which any date in history fell.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since that moment she has not been allowed to leave her home, where she is being tutored in court etiquette as she waits for Farouk to name the day.
From Time Magazine Archive
Better name the day, Gertie, and let’s get it over.”
From The Mynns' Mystery by Fenn, George Manville
"Ay, let us name the day," cried several together.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
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