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Definition of Market day
1. Noun. A fixed day for holding a public market.
Definition of Market day
1. Noun. the day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Market day
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... the customary words: "Messieurs, when it shall be your pleasure." The funeral
started. It was the market-day for flowers on the Place de la Madeleine. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"It is further proved that Wednesday is the stock market day at Baltimore, and
that plaintiff's object was to have his cattle there In time for the Wednesday ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1819)
"No; Saturday is the market-day there. Will you swear that Friday is not the
market-day ?—They might sell butchers meat, or something of that kmd. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hyde East, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"And further it was proved, that the defendant immediately after delivered 40 of
the bags, but did not deliver the remainder at the next market day. ..."
5. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"... see on the market day — Sunday — when the Indians from many miles round come
to sell and buy and enjoy themselves. It is a good type of the well-to-do ..."
6. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"soon as the same has been cast up, and again at the opening of the market on the
subsequent market-day ; and the total quantity of corn and total of money ..."
7. France by Morgan (Sydney), Thomas Charles Morgan (1817)
"market day at Mon- treuil.—Peasant Dwelling.—Morals.—Domestic Manners and
Affections.—Religion.—Religious Proces- . sions.—Popular Superstitions.—Diet. ..."
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