Meaning of Saint Monday | Babel Free

Definitions

The supposed holiday observed on a Monday morning by well-paid artisans who had been drinking etc the previous day.

historical, informal

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

CEFR level