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  • 41day's work — noun 1. : the amount of work during one day prescribed or required on a given job : the legal amount of work in terms of hours as governed by statute or by agreement 2. : the reckoning and observations made for 24 hours from noon to noon to… …

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  • 42day —    1. a traditional unit of time marked by one rotation of the Earth on its axis. Different cultures have had different ideas about when to mark the start of the day, whether it should be from one sunset to the next, one sunrise to the next, etc …

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  • 43noon-time — noun noontide; noon; the middle of the day. Syn: midday, noon, noontide, twelve …

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  • 44noon */ — UK [nuːn] / US [nun] noun [uncountable] twelve o clock in the middle of the day They both slept until noon. We should be there by noon. • See: morning I …

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  • 45day in day out — Synonyms and related words: always, and night, at all times, ceaselessly, constantly, continually, daily, daily and hourly, day after day, day and night, enduringly, ever, ever and anon, every day, every hour, every moment, for an age, for life,… …

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  • 46noon — [nuːn] noun [U] 12 o clock in the middle of the day Syn: midday We should be there by noon.[/ex] …

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  • 47day and night — morning noon and night, all day …

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  • 48noon — Twelve hours after midnight, the sun being at meridian. Abbreviated M. The beginning of the sidereal day used by the astronomers. 52 Am J1st Time § 14. The middle of the day in common parlance …

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  • 49noon — noun twelve o clock in the day; midday. Origin OE nōn the ninth hour from sunrise, i.e. approximately 3 p.m. , from L. nona (hora) ninth hour ; cf. none2 …

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  • 50noon — I. n. 1. Mid day, twelve o clock, meridian, noonday, noontide. 2. Prime, zenith. II. a. Meridional …

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