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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A day when laundry is washed.
2. 2
   a day set aside for doing household laundry wordnet
3. 3
   Synonym of mufti day, a day when school uniforms are not mandatory. Philippines

Synonyms

All synonyms

washing daylaundry daymufti daywashwashing

Example

More examples

"The washing machine's full. We'll have to make today washday."

Etymology

From wash + day. The Philippine sense may be traced back to a 1908 travel guide.

Related phrases

mufti day

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