Saint Monday

English Alternative forms en St. Monday Proper noun Saint Monday en informal historical Victorian England The supposed holiday observed on a Monday morning by well-paid artisans who had been drinking etc the previous day. 149 My constant attendance (I never making a St. Monday) recommended me to the master; and my uncommon quickness at composing occasioned my being put upon all work of dispatch, which was generally better paid. en 1988 In the Age of the Smart Machine w:Shoshana Zuboff 32 https://archive.org/details/inageofsmartmach00zubo/page/32/mode/1up New York Basic Books One study of Birmingham, England, from 1766 to 1876, found that well into the nineteenth century, workers continued to celebrate Saint Monday—a weekly day of leisure spent in the alehouse enjoying drink, bar games, entertainments, “pugilism,” and animal fights. Derived terms en keep Saint Monday References en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary Further reading