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Weekend

noun

A time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday.

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"Weekend" Quotes from Famous Books

... her up; Mr. Evesham was amused by her, Lady Beach Mandarin proclaimed her charm like a trumpet, the Young Liberal people made jealous advances, Lord Moggeridge found she listened well, she lit one of the brightest weekend parties Lady Marayne had ever gathered at Chexington. And her descriptions of recent danger and adventure in Albania not only entertained her hearers but gave her just that flavour of personal courage ...

— The Research Magnificent • H. G. Wells

... perhaps, most of all their excursions with the dogs. When Skipper Zeb returned to his trapping path after his holiday, they took him back, with a load of provisions to Black River tilt. And twice since, on the fortnightly weekend, when they knew he would be there, they drove over and spent the night with him in the tilt, and a jolly time they had on ...

— Left on the Labrador - A Tale of Adventure Down North • Dillon Wallace

... well, but don't you often get bored?" asked a sceptic. "I enjoy a weekend in the country, or a good Sunday tramp in Richmond Park or Epping Forest. I take my month on the Yorkshire moors with pleasure, or I spend a season in Switzerland or Spain, and I don't mind sleeping under a bush and eating whatever I can get in shepherds' cottages. I can well appreciate the ...

— A Tramp's Sketches • Stephen Graham

Words linked to "Weekend" : pass, Sabbatum, sun, week, Sat, Saturday, hebdomad, period, spend, time period, Sunday, Dominicus, period of time, Lord's Day