Saturday
['sætədɪ;-de]
Definition
(noun.) the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians.
Inputed by Elisabeth--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
Checker: Mortimer
Definition
n. the seventh or last day of the week dedicated by the Romans to Saturn: the Jewish Sabbath.
Checked by Archie
Examples
- Oh yes, Friday or Saturday next. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was dull and dreary enough, when the long summer evening closed in, on that Saturday night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But why have you come so unexpectedly to repeat the question, when you only promised to come next Saturday? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My aunt told me so herself on Saturday. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Then, I retorted, do, in God's name, bring him next Saturday to stand behind your chair. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But on Friday night he must be in town, having a Ladies' Charity, in difficulties, waiting to consult him on Saturday morning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The next day but one was Saturday, and a holiday. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She had also asked him twice to dine at Rosings, and had sent for him only the Saturday before, to make up her pool of quadrille in the evening. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It was, properly, a half-holiday; being Saturday. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Were you drunk when I saw you off in the pony-chaise on that Saturday evening? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This happened on a Saturday. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The 'Saturday Magazine,' 'Chambers' Journal,' the 'Magasin Pittoresque,' in France, and numerous others, owe their existence to this printing machine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But my standing possessed of only three-halfpence in the world (and I am sure I wonder how they came to be left in my pocket on a Saturday night! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was Saturday night, and most of the people belonging to the place where we were going were drinking elsewhere. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A heavenly composure filled my mind, on that Saturday afternoon, as I sat at the window waiting the arrival of my relatives. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We were to work two hours every morning, and two or three hours every night, except on Saturdays, when I was to rest. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They shut at twelve on Saturdays. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ponies used to come for him to ride home on Saturdays. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Sophie