Whit Monday
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I remember lying awake for hours on the morning of Whit Monday, eager to put on the gorgeous dress, which, that year, was deep pink overlaid with white lace.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2012
It then stood uninjured till 1825, when a thunder-bolt fell and shook it severely on Whit Monday while the Magnificat was being chanted at Vespers.
From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
Do you know, I was asked to preach Leonard's Institution sermon last Whit Monday, and I dared to preach it?
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Cripps, Arthur Shearly
I asked whether the young lady who was with him on Whit Monday had been there since.
From Barbarossa and Other Tales by Heyse, Paul
Everything was shut yesterday, as it was Whit Monday.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
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