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
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
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
It has been told that Maryanne Brown did at last consent to name the day.
From The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm by Trollope, Anthony
And she'll be Mrs. 'Awkins, Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins, Got her for to name the day.
From The Beautiful White Devil by Boothby, Guy Newell
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