Monday
['mʌndeɪ] or ['mʌnde]
Definition
(n.) The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.
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Definition
n. the second day of the week.—adj. Mon′dayish fagged—of preachers after their Sunday exercitations.—Black Monday Easter Monday the 14th of April 1360: any Easter Monday; Handsel Monday the first Monday of the year when presents are given.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. In Christian countries the day after the baseball game.
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Examples
- But you can imagine how surprised I was, Mr. Holmes, when, on my return on the Monday, I saw the same man on the same stretch of road. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was not all settled before Monday: as soon as it was, the express was sent off to Longbourn. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- On Monday Sir Percival Glyde arrived. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His reply was, that he could before daylight on Monday. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If it is the address I suspect, I shall pay our friend, Mrs. Yolland, another visit on Monday next. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Come to me with the books for periodical inspection as usual, at eight on Monday morning. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It had begun on Monday, and here was Wednesday come. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It being summer-time, all the machine shops were closed until Monday morning, and there were several miles of wire to be wound on the coil. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some years later, on the Monday as it might be, my lady says, Sir John, your bailiff is a stupid old man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The visitor whom we expect on Monday---- I could not wait for her to be more explicit. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We have found traces which show that a party of gypsies encamped on Monday night within a mile of the spot where the murder took place. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a peal of joy from the populace outside, greeting the news that he would die on Monday. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Stick at it, and let me have the lists by Monday, at twelve. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Monday--Morning, dominoes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Say Monday week. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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