term day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of term day
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
Example Sentences
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On April 16 Kennedy had a term day.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
Hock-Tuesday was an important term day, rents being then payable, for with Michaelmas it divided the rural year into its winter and summer halves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
Why should we try to measure this term day, in its first occurrences, by a chronometer which did not come into use until the fourth day?
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 by Walker, Aaron
The term "day" is used to cover the hours of active, waking life, from breakfast to bedtime.
From The Alleged Haunting of B—— House by Goodrich-Freer, A.
And driving to Ocock's office, on term day, he resolved to go on afterwards to the Bank of Australasia and there deposit this sum.
From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel
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