Whitmonday
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Whitmonday
First recorded in 1550–60; modeled on Whitsunday
Example Sentences
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The treaty was initialed at the Foreign Office in the quiet shop-shut London of the Bank Holiday, Whitmonday, while a gusty wind blew the cold rain down Downing Street.
From Time Magazine Archive
On Whitmonday morning the Letherhead people came over to Great Oakhurst.
From Clara Hopgood by Rutherford, Mark
On Whitmonday the children of his village were to march to an adjoining village for a Sunday school rally.
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin
The ensuing day, Whitmonday, is a great secular festival.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various
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