day after day

Day  (d), Benjamin Henry 1810-1889.

American printer and journalist who founded the first penny newspaper, the New York Sun (1833). His son Benjamin (1838-1916) invented the Ben Day process for shading printed illustrations.

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Day, Clarence Shepard, Jr. 1874-1935.

American writer best known for his autobiographical Life with Father (1935) and Life with Mother (published 1937).

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Day, Dorothy 1897-1980.

American journalist and reformer who cofounded the Catholic Worker in 1933 to promote pacifism and social justice.

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Day or Daye  (d), Stephen 1594?-1668.

English-born colonist who was the first printer in New England. His Bay Psalm Book appeared in 1640.

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day  (d)

n.

1. The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.

2.

a. The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis.

b. The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.

3. Abbr. D One of the numbered 24-hour periods into which a week, month, or year is divided.

4. The portion of a 24-hour period that is devoted to work, school, or business: an eight-hour day; a sale that lasted for three days.

5. A 24-hour period or a portion of it that is reserved for a certain activity: a day of rest.

6.

a. A specific, characteristic period in one's lifetime: In Grandmother's day, skirts were long.

b. A period of opportunity or prominence: Every defendant is entitled to a day in court. That child will have her day.

7. A period of time in history; an era: We studied the tactics used in Napoleon's day. The day of computer science is well upon us.

8. days Period of life or activity: The sick cat's days will soon be over.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the day.

2. Working during the day: the day nurse.

3. Occurring before nightfall: a day hike.

Idioms:

day after day

For many days; continuously.

day in, day out

Every day without fail; continuously.

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[Middle English dai, day, from Old English dæg; see agh- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

day after day - for an indefinite number of successive days day in day out